Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाकारे पृथुश्रोणिभरालसे । न त्वया सदृशी नारी त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

pūrṇacandranibhākāre pṛthuśroṇibharālase | na tvayā sadṛśī nārī trailokye sacarācare

Translation

Ta forme est pareille à la pleine lune; aux hanches larges, d’une lourdeur gracieuse—nulle femme ne t’égale dans les trois mondes, parmi tout ce qui bouge et tout ce qui demeure immobile.

Word by Word

• pūrṇa-candra-nibhā-ākāre: O one whose form is like the full moon
• pūrṇa-candra-nibhā-ākāre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + candra (प्रातिपदिक) + nibhā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense) — ‘हे ...-आकारे’

• pṛthu-śroṇi-bhara-ālase: O languid one due to the weight of broad hips
• pṛthu-śroṇi-bhara-ālase: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक) + śroṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhara (प्रातिपदिक) + ālasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे — ‘हे ...-आलसे’

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tvayā: by you / than you
• tvayā: Karta/Agent (कर्ता) (in comparison: ‘by you/than you’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया? (No) तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; स्त्री/पुं/नपुं (pronoun, gender-neutral)

• sadṛśī: similar, equal
• sadṛśī: Predicate (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• sa-carācare: with moving and unmoving beings
• sa-carācare: Adjective of Adhikarana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘चर-अचर’ द्वन्द्व, ‘स’ = सहित (with)

Speaker

Atri

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker addresses a woman with full-moon radiance; the setting feels like a royal or hermitage courtyard near a riverbank, with soft night light and calm water.

Characters & Entities

• Atri
• Anasūyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa portrays affectionate speech within dharma as a refined, uplifting force in household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; it continues the narrative prelude before tīrtha-glorification resumes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.