Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
यदि ते संशयः कांत ममांगानि विलोकय । इत्युक्तः सहसा मार्गे रहस्येनां व्यलोकयत्
Transliteration
yadi te saṃśayaḥ kāṃta mamāṃgāni vilokaya | ityuktaḥ sahasā mārge rahasyenāṃ vyalokayat
Translation
“Beloved, if you have any doubt, look upon my limbs.” Thus addressed, he quickly—there on the road—looked at her in secret.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)
तेyour/of you
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th case) एकवचन; ‘of you’
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
कान्तO beloved
कान्त:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन
ममmy/of me
मम:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), षष्ठी, एकवचन
अङ्गानिlimbs
अङ्गानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन
विलोकयlook at/observe
विलोकय:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लोक् (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Vakyartha-marker (इति-प्रयोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय
उक्तःhaving been told
उक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been told’
सहसाsuddenly
सहसा:
Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, आकस्मिकत्व/शीघ्रार्थ (suddenly)
मार्गेon the road
मार्गे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन
रहस्येनsecretly
रहस्येन:
Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeNoun
Rootरहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; ‘secretly’ (instrumental used adverbially)
एनाम्her/this woman
एनाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
व्यलोकयत्looked at/observed
व्यलोकयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लोक् (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrator (contextual, unspecified in excerpt)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: On a lonely road, the maiden invites inspection; the man, compelled by doubt and desire, looks secretly—an ethically charged, intimate moment with tension and shame.
FAQs
Doubt and curiosity can pull one toward secrecy; dharma advises transparent restraint rather than covert indulgence.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.