Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

रूपयौवनमाधुर्यविलासगति शोभिना । नागकन्यासहस्रेण समंतात्परिवारितम्

Transliteration

rūpayauvanamādhuryavilāsagati śobhinā | nāgakanyāsahasreṇa samaṃtātparivāritam

Translation

Il resplendissait de beauté, de charme juvénile, de douceur, de gracieuse espièglerie et d’une démarche élégante, entouré de toutes parts par mille jeunes filles Nāga.

Word by Word

• rūpa-yauvana-mādhurya-vilāsa-gati-śobhinā: by/with (one) shining with beauty, youth, sweetness, grace, and gait
• rūpa-yauvana-mādhurya-vilāsa-gati-śobhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक) + mādhurya (प्रातिपदिक) + vilāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक) + śobhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषणसमासः), ‘रूप-यौवन-…-शोभिन्’ = ‘रूपादिभिः शोभमानः’

• nāga-kanyā-sahasreṇa: by/with a thousand nāga-maidens
• nāga-kanyā-sahasreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक) + kanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘नागानां कन्यानां सहस्रम्’)

• samantāt: on all sides
• samantāt: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = ‘सर्वतः/चारुतः’

• parivāritam: surrounded/encircled
• parivāritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√vṛ (धातु) + parivārita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘परितः आवृतम्’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, youthful figure moving with effortless grace, encircled by a thousand Nāga maidens forming a living halo; jeweled subterranean court ambience with serpentine motifs and luminous gems.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-kanyā (Nāga maidens)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often portray extraordinary splendour to signal the presence of a higher realm and to evoke reverence for beings who uphold cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse, but the surrounding episode is connected with the Yamunā setting mentioned in nearby verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive.