Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सापि कामं समालोक्य सानुरागं पुरः स्थितम् । जृंभाभंगकृतास्यं च वेपमानशरीरकम्

Transliteration

sāpi kāmaṃ samālokya sānurāgaṃ puraḥ sthitam | jṛṃbhābhaṃgakṛtāsyaṃ ca vepamānaśarīrakam

Translation

Elle aussi, voyant Kāma se tenir devant elle avec désir, remarqua sa bouche déformée comme par un bâillement et son corps tremblant.

Word by Word

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

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

• कामम्: Kāma (the god of love)
• कामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• समालोक्य: having looked at
• समालोक्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + लोक् (धातु) → समालोक्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), (having looked at)

• सानुरागम्: affectionate/with love
• सानुरागम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अनुराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—अनुरागेण सह (with affection)

• पुरः: in front
• पुरः: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/preposition-like: in front)

• स्थितम्: standing
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (qualifying कामम्)

• जृंभाभंगकृतास्यम्: with a face distorted by stifling a yawn
• जृंभाभंगकृतास्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जृंभा-भंग-कृत-आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—जृंभायाः भंगेन कृतम् आस्यम् यस्य (whose mouth/face is made by the breaking of a yawn; i.e., mouth distorted by a stifled yawn)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वेपमानशरीरकम्: having a trembling body
• वेपमानशरीरकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेपमान-शरीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—वेपमानं शरीरकं यस्य/वेपमानं शरीरकम् (trembling-bodied)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: She looks at Kāma before her; his face is oddly contorted as if a yawn is arrested mid-breath, and his body trembles—an exposed, involuntary confession of longing.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts how passion manifests outwardly as agitation—an implicit reminder that inner impulses quickly become visible conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the setting remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description.