Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

वृंदांग संगजं चेदमनुभूय सुंखं हरिः । दिनानि कतिचिन्मेने शिवकार्यं जगत्पतिः

Transliteration

vṛṃdāṃga saṃgajaṃ cedamanubhūya suṃkhaṃ hariḥ | dināni katicinmene śivakāryaṃ jagatpatiḥ

Translation

Ayant goûté la joie née du contact du corps de Vṛndā, Hari—Seigneur des mondes—demeura plusieurs jours, comme s’il remettait à plus tard l’œuvre à accomplir pour Śiva.

Word by Word

• वृन्दाङ्ग: Vṛndā’s body/limb
• वृन्दाङ्ग: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दा + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपदम्; वृन्दायाः अङ्गम् = वृन्दाङ्गम्)

• सङ्गजम्: born of contact, arising from union
• सङ्गजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सङ्गात् जातम्)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनुभूय: having experienced
• अनुभूय: Kriya (Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + भू (धातु) (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया ‘having experienced’

• सुखम्: happiness, pleasure
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (कालपरिमाणे)

• कति: some, a few
• कति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कति (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-प्रश्न/अनिश्चित (some/how many)

• चित्: some/any (emphatic)
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (enclitic ‘some/any’)

• मेने: thought/considered
• मेने: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिवकार्यम्: Śiva’s task/affair
• शिवकार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासः: शिवस्य कार्यम्)

• जगत्पतिः: lord of the world
• जगत्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासः: जगतः पतिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; explicitly identified as Nārada beginning at 51)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, having enjoyed the intimacy with Vṛndā, lingers for several days, the sense of time suspended; a subtle tension between sensual repose and an awaiting Śiva-related mission.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Vṛndā
• Śiva
• Jagatpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates how pleasure and attachment can delay dharmic duty, a recurring Purāṇic warning framed through divine narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Vṛndāvana/Tulasī-linked narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is present.