Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सख्यः संभोगसमये परिचक्रुः समंततः । एवं प्रक्रीडतस्तस्य वत्सराणां शतं ययौ

Transliteration

sakhyaḥ saṃbhogasamaye paricakruḥ samaṃtataḥ | evaṃ prakrīḍatastasya vatsarāṇāṃ śataṃ yayau

Translation

Au temps de la jouissance, les compagnons se rassemblèrent tout autour. Tandis qu’il se divertissait ainsi, cent années s’écoulèrent pour lui.

Word by Word

• सख्यः: female companions/friends
• सख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• संभोग-समये: at the time of union
• संभोग-समये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभोग (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परिचक्रुः: moved about/attended (around)
• परिचक्रुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु) परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• प्रक्रीडतः: of him while sporting/playing
• प्रक्रीडतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√क्रीड् (धातु) (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive)

• वत्सराणाम्: of years
• वत्सराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ययौ: passed/went by
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of companions surrounds the scene of enjoyment; the background subtly shifts through seasons to show a century passing while the central indulgent play continues.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment makes time slip away unnoticed; dharma calls for wakefulness and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.