Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

त्रिनेत्रवंचनायैव कल्पितां ललनातनुम् । तामाश्रमलतापुष्पकांचीरचितकुण्डलाम्

Transliteration

trinetravaṃcanāyaiva kalpitāṃ lalanātanum | tāmāśramalatāpuṣpakāṃcīracitakuṇḍalām

Translation

En vérité, elle avait été façonnée en corps de femme uniquement pour tromper le Seigneur aux Trois Yeux; et ses boucles d’oreilles semblaient faites des fleurs des lianes de l’āśrama.

Word by Word

• त्रि: three
• त्रि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद (numeral used as prior member); समासाङ्ग (compound-member)

• नेत्र: eye
• नेत्र: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular)

• वञ्चनाय: for deceiving
• वञ्चनाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वञ्चना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (feminine, dative singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeclinable; emphatic particle)

• कल्पिताम्: fashioned/created
• कल्पिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine accusative singular)

• ललना: woman
• ललना: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, nom/acc singular)

• तनुम्: body/form
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, accusative singular)

• ताम्: her/that (woman)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun; feminine accusative singular)

• आश्रम: hermitage
• आश्रम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nom/acc singular)

• लता: creeper
• लता: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, nom/acc singular)

• पुष्प: flower
• पुष्प: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular)

• काञ्ची: girdle/belt
• काञ्ची: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्ची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, nom/acc singular)

• रचित: made/arranged
• रचित: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine accusative singular)

• कुण्डलाम्: ear-ornament; earring
• कुण्डलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डला/कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, accusative singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (āśrama setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden seemingly ‘crafted’ to delude the Three-eyed Lord; her ornaments resemble hermitage creeper-blossoms—nature itself turned into jewelry, suggesting artifice within sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Trinetra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted beings face trials; the Purāṇic motif teaches discernment and the supremacy of spiritual resolve over illusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hermitage environment (Raibhya’s āśrama) is implicitly exalted, depicted as so sanctified that even its flowers become celestial ornaments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative and theological, referencing Śiva (Trinetra) within a dharmic trial motif.