Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

विलोमलोचनापांगतरंगधवलत्विषा । नवपल्लवसच्छायं कल्पयन्ती निजाधरम्

Transliteration

vilomalocanāpāṃgataraṃgadhavalatviṣā | navapallavasacchāyaṃ kalpayantī nijādharam

Translation

Par l’éclat blanchissant, pareil à une vague, de ses regards obliques, elle faisait paraître ses lèvres comme ombrées de la teinte fraîche des tendres feuilles nouvelles.

Word by Word

• विलोम: contrary/oblique
• विलोम: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• लोचन: eye
• लोचन: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• अपाङ्ग: corner of the eye; side-glance
• अपाङ्ग: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• तरङ्ग: wave
• तरङ्ग: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• धवल: white
• धवल: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• त्विषा: with radiance/splendour
• त्विषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental singular)

• नव: new
• नव: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine, nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• पल्लव: sprout; tender leaf
• पल्लव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative singular)

• सत्: good/true; here: lovely
• सत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjectival)

• छायम्: shade; hue
• छायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• कल्पयन्ती: fashioning/arranging
• कल्पयन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• निज: one’s own
• निज: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine accusative singular; adjectival)

• अधरम्: lower lip
• अधरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close-up poetic portrait: bright, wave-like sidelong glances cast a sheen; the lips appear shaded like the tender hue of newly sprouted leaves.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse intensifies the portrayal of allure to frame a moral narrative where dharma requires control of mind and senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified precincts of Raibhya’s āśrama remain the contextual sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.