Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

दीर्घिकापि परिस्पृष्टा स्वयं देवेन शंभुना । संजाता यौवनोपेता दिव्यलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

dīrghikāpi parispṛṣṭā svayaṃ devena śaṃbhunā | saṃjātā yauvanopetā divyalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

Et Dīrghikā aussi—touchée de toutes parts par le dieu Śambhu lui-même—devint jeune, marquée de signes divins et de bon augure.

Word by Word

• दीर्घिका: Dīrghikā (the woman)
• दीर्घिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• परिस्पृष्टा: was touched
• परिस्पृष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-स्पृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वयंकर्तृवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; देवस्य विशेष-नाम

• संजाता: became / was born (anew)
• संजाता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यौवन-उपेता: endowed with youth
• यौवन-उपेता: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक) + उप-इ (धातु) → उपेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (उपेत); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (यौवनेन उपेता)

• दिव्य-लक्षण-लक्षिता: marked with divine signs
• दिव्य-लक्षण-लक्षिता: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (लक्षित); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (दिव्यैः लक्षणैः लक्षिता)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Skanda narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Śambhu) appears and gently touches Dīrghikā; a ring of light spreads around her; her form becomes youthful with auspicious divine signs as attendants witness in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Dīrghikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace, especially when linked to a sacred locus (tīrtha), is depicted as immediately transformative—restoring wholeness, beauty, and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya’s praise of a sacred locale; the precise tīrtha name is not specified in this shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes direct divine intervention (Śiva’s touch) as the cause of transformation.