Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
अथ तस्याः पतिः प्राप्तस्तदन्वेषणतत्परः । पप्रच्छ तां वरारोहां पत्न्या दुःखेन दुःखितः
Transliteration
atha tasyāḥ patiḥ prāptastadanveṣaṇatatparaḥ | papraccha tāṃ varārohāṃ patnyā duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
Translation
やがて彼女の夫が、彼女を捜し求めてやって来た。妻の苦しみによって自らも苦しみ、あの気高き姿の女に問いかけた。
Word by Word
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
पतिःhusband
पतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
प्राप्तःarrived
प्राप्तः:
Karta (Predicative to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having arrived
तत्that (her)
तत्:
Karma (Object within compound sense/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अन्वेषणsearch
अन्वेषण:
Sambandha (Qualifier in compound sense/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअनु-इष्/इष् (धातु) → अन्वेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रियानाम
तत्परःintent on searching for her
तत्परः:
Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतत् + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘तत्पर’ = तत्-परः (intent on that)
पप्रच्छasked
पप्रच्छ:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
वरारोहाम्the fair-limbed woman
वरारोहाम्:
Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर + आरोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वरारोहा’ = श्रेष्ठ-आरोहा (fair-limbed/beautiful woman)
पत्न्याbecause of (his) wife
पत्न्या:
Hetu/Instrument (Cause/means—because of wife/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
दुःखेनwith sorrow
दुःखेन:
Hetu/Instrument (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
दुःखितःdistressed
दुःखितः:
Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
Speaker
Pulastya (contextual continuity in Adhyāya 16)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A worried Kirāta husband arrives at the water’s edge, scanning the crowd; he sees a radiant noble-looking woman and questions her urgently, holding concern in his posture.
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