Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

न त्वया सदृशी चान्या काचिन्नारी भविष्यति । तिस्रः कोट्योर्धकोटी च यानि लोमानि मानुषे । प्रभवंति महाभागे सर्वगात्रेषु सर्वदा

Transliteration

na tvayā sadṛśī cānyā kācinnārī bhaviṣyati | tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ca yāni lomāni mānuṣe | prabhavaṃti mahābhāge sarvagātreṣu sarvadā

Translation

「汝に比肩する女は他に現れまい。おお大いなる幸いを得し者よ——人の身において、あらゆる肢体に常に生ずる毛は、三倶胝と半倶胝である。」

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tvayā: by you / compared with you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (contextual), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• sadṛśī: similar, like
• sadṛśī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• anyā: another (woman)
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kācit: any (some)
• kācit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चित-प्रत्यययुक्त-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tisraḥ: three
• tisraḥ: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• koṭyaḥ: crores
• koṭyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ardha-koṭī: half a crore
• ardha-koṭī: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषसमास (ardha of a koṭi), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• lomāni: hairs
• lomāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mānuṣe: in a human (body)
• mānuṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• prabhavanti: arise, come into being
• prabhavanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• mahābhāge: O fortunate one
• mahābhāge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (महान् भागः यस्याः सा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sarva-gātreṣu: in all limbs
• sarva-gātreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (all limbs), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Devadūta (divine messenger)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a sādhvī/mahābhāgā woman (unnamed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine proclamation praising a chaste, fortunate woman; the setting implies a sacred spot soon to become a water-filled tīrtha, with celestial presence felt though not yet visually explicit.

Characters & Entities

• devadūta
• nārī (woman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary virtue is celebrated as incomparable; the text uses grand enumeration to underscore complete moral blamelessness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the coming proclamation of a tīrtha named after the sādhvī, whose spotless character sanctifies the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a eulogy and a rhetorical setup for declaring the tīrtha’s future fame and benefits.