Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
Devanagari script
मधूक तव पुष्पेण दयितायाः समौ शुभौ । कपोलौ पांडुरच्छायौ दृष्ट्वा त्वां स्मृतिमागतौ
Transliteration
madhūka tava puṣpeṇa dayitāyāḥ samau śubhau | kapolau pāṃḍuracchāyau dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ smṛtimāgatau
Translation
おおマドゥーカよ、汝の花は、我が愛しき人の吉祥なる両の頬—淡く白みて麗しき—を思い起こさせる。汝を見て、その想いは再び我に帰り来た。
Word by Word
मधूकO madhūka (tree)
मधूक:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमधूक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (2nd person pronoun)
पुष्पेणwith (your) flower
पुष्पेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular
दयितायाःof (my) beloved
दयितायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदयिता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular
समौequal/alike
समौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Nominative dual; विशेषण (qualifying कपोलौ)
शुभौbeautiful/auspicious
शुभौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Nominative dual; विशेषण (qualifying कपोलौ)
कपोलौ(her) two cheeks
कपोलौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकपोल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Nominative dual
पाण्डुरच्छायौpale-hued
पाण्डुरच्छायौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाण्डुर-छाया (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Nominative dual; कर्मधारय-समास (पाण्डुरा छाया यस्य) विशेषण (कपोलौ)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having seen
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular (2nd person pronoun)
स्मृतिम्remembrance
स्मृतिम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular
आगतौhave come (to mind)
आगतौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — ‘have come/arrived’ agreeing with कपोलौ
Speaker
A lovelorn husband/lover (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A traveler in a sacred forest pauses before a blooming madhūka tree; the pale blossoms visually echo the remembered cheeks of his beloved, and his face shows sudden recollection and longing.
Characters & Entities
M
madhūka (Mahua tree)FAQs
Sense-perception can revive powerful smṛti (memory); Purāṇic ethics often warn that the mind follows impressions unless disciplined toward auspicious aims.
No site is explicitly named in this verse.
None.