Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
कामेन पीडितांगाश्च बाष्पपूर्णेक्षणाः स्थिताः
Transliteration
kāmena pīḍitāṃgāśca bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇāḥ sthitāḥ
Translation
Leurs corps étaient tourmentés par le désir, et elles demeuraient debout, les yeux emplis de larmes.
Word by Word
kāmenaby desire/lust
kāmena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्
pīḍita-aṅgāḥwhose limbs are afflicted
pīḍita-aṅgāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpīḍita (कृदन्त; √pīḍ) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (पीडितानि अङ्गानि येषाम्); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
caand
ca:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
bāṣpa-pūrṇa-īkṣaṇāḥwith eyes full of tears
bāṣpa-pūrṇa-īkṣaṇāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (बाष्पेण पूर्णे ईक्षणे येषाम्); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
sthitāḥstood/remained
sthitāḥ:
Kriyā (Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; भावः: ‘standing/remaining’
Speaker
Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Figures stand motionless, bodies tense, eyes brimming with tears; desire is shown as an invisible pressure—hands clenched, shoulders drawn, faces flushed with longing and pain.
Characters & Entities
K
KāmaFAQs
Unchecked desire becomes a direct cause of pain—both emotional (tears) and embodied (torment of the limbs).
No tīrtha is explicitly referenced in this verse.
None.