Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शोषयामास देहं स्वं विष्णुसंगेन दूषितम् । तपश्चचारसात्युग्रं निराहारा सखीसमम्

Transliteration

śoṣayāmāsa dehaṃ svaṃ viṣṇusaṃgena dūṣitam | tapaścacārasātyugraṃ nirāhārā sakhīsamam

Translation

Elle laissa son propre corps dépérir, le jugeant souillé par son association avec Viṣṇu ; et elle entreprit des austérités extrêmement féroces — vivant sans nourriture — avec sa compagne.

Word by Word

• शोषयामास: caused to dry; emaciated
• शोषयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः: शोषय-

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying देहम्)

• विष्णु-सङ्गेन: by association with Viṣṇu
• विष्णु-सङ्गेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ saṅgaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दूषितम्: tainted, corrupted
• दूषितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying देहम्)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चचार: practised, performed
• चचार: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• असाति-उग्रम्: very fierce/terrible
• असाति-उग्रम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असाति (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्राय) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (असाति इव उग्रम्/अत्यन्तम् उग्रम्—पाठभेदसम्भवः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तपः)

• निराहारा: without food; fasting
• निराहारा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)

• सखी-समम्: like a female friend; as (one) companion-like
• सखी-समम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Upamā (Manner/Comparison)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपमान-तत्पुरुष (sakhyāḥ samam/सखीवत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तपः/आचरणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An emaciating ascetic woman with a companion, seated or standing in austerity near a sacred waterbody; sparse surroundings, heat-haze or stark light; her resolve is intense, eyes steady.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner resolve and austerity (tapas) are portrayed as a means of purification and spiritual transcendence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative arc leads toward the sanctification of the Vṛndāvana region near Govardhana (explicitly stated later in the adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nirāhāra (fasting) and intense tapas are described as her chosen discipline; no formal dāna/snānā/japa rule is specified in this verse.