Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सापि तद्बाणनिर्भिन्ना साभिलाषा बभूव ह । कामं प्रति विशेषेण तस्य रूपेण मोहिता

Transliteration

sāpi tadbāṇanirbhinnā sābhilāṣā babhūva ha | kāmaṃ prati viśeṣeṇa tasya rūpeṇa mohitā

Translation

Ella también, atravesada por esas flechas, se llenó de deseo —especialmente hacia Kāma— hechizada por su forma.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (also)

• तद्बाणनिर्भिन्ना: pierced by his arrow
• तद्बाणनिर्भिन्ना: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-बाण-निर्भिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तस्य (कामस्य) बाणेन निर्भिन्ना (pierced by his arrow); निर्भिन्न = नि + भिद् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• साभिलाषा: full of longing
• साभिलाषा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—अभिलाषेण सह (with desire)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Prayojaka-nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कामम्: Kāma
• कामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradana/Pratiyogi (सम्प्रदान/प्रत्ययोगि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (towards/against)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे—विशेषेण = especially

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• रूपेण: by (his) form/beauty
• रूपेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• मोहिता: bewildered/enchanted
• मोहिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुह् (धातु) → मोहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman’s expression shifts—eyes soften, posture slackens slightly—as if invisible arrows have struck; she is visibly captivated by Kāma’s beauty, a haze of enchantment around her.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It presents moha arising from attraction, pointing to the dharmic need for discernment (viveka) amid sensory enchantment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it remains within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.