Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अनभिज्ञा च सा साध्वी कामधर्मस्य केवलम् । तापसैः सह संवृद्धा नान्यं जानाति किंचन

Transliteration

anabhijñā ca sā sādhvī kāmadharmasya kevalam | tāpasaiḥ saha saṃvṛddhā nānyaṃ jānāti kiṃcana

Translation

Et cette femme vertueuse ignorait entièrement les voies du désir; élevée parmi les ascètes, elle ne connaissait rien d’autre.

Word by Word

• anabhijñā: unaware, ignorant
• anabhijñā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anabhijñā (प्रातिपदिक; a- + abhijñā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sādhvī: a virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक; sādhū-स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (virtuous woman)

• kāmadharmasya: of sexual love/erotic conduct
• kāmadharmasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma-dharma (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + dharma)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative)

• kevalam: only, merely
• kevalam: Visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial use)

• tāpasaiḥ: with ascetics
• tāpasaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition/adverb)

• saṃvṛddhā: brought up, grown
• saṃvṛddhā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√vṛdh (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (grown up)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• anyam: another (person/thing)
• anyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• jānāti: knows
• jānāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• kiṃcana: anything at all
• kiṃcana: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A modest, virtuous woman in simple garments stands among ascetics’ huts; her demeanor is calm and unworldly, suggesting she has never learned the language of erotic desire.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Tāpasa (ascetics)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas-oriented upbringing and purity of mind are presented as safeguards against destabilizing passions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights tapas and simple living as a dharmic formation.