Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

देवगन्धर्वलोकेऽपि तादृशी नास्ति कामिनी । तस्या नाम कृतं पित्रा हर्षात्कामप्रमोदिनी

Transliteration

devagandharvaloke'pi tādṛśī nāsti kāminī | tasyā nāma kṛtaṃ pitrā harṣātkāmapramodinī

Translation

神々やガンダルヴァの世界においてさえ、彼女に比べる女はなかった。父は歓喜して彼女を「カーマ・プラモーディニー」（欲を喜ばせる者）と名づけた。

Word by Word

• देवगन्धर्वलोके: in the world of gods and gandharvas
• देवगन्धर्वलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative, 7th), एकवचन (singular)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• तादृशी: such (like that)
• तादृशी: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is / exists
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कामिनी: a lovely woman
• कामिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive, 6th), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom./acc.), एकवचन

• कृतम्: was made / was given
• कृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पित्रा: by the father
• पित्रा: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन

• हर्षात्: out of joy
• हर्षात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative, 5th), एकवचन

• कामप्रमोदिनी: (named) Kāma-pramodinī, ‘delighting love/desire’
• कामप्रमोदिनी: Viśeṣya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमोदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal/ritual household scene: the father, delighted, formally names the girl Kāma-pramodinī; attendants and gandharva-like figures appear in the background to emphasize her unmatched beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Kāmapramodinī
• Father (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narrative uses superhuman comparisons to signal divine favor and the extraordinary fruit of dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse focuses on the daughter’s uniqueness and her naming.