Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अस्या गृहसमीपस्थो यः कश्चिद्ब्राह्मणो युवा । इमां वीक्ष्याथ चार्वंगीं कामार्तः करमग्रहीत्

Transliteration

asyā gṛhasamīpastho yaḥ kaścidbrāhmaṇo yuvā | imāṃ vīkṣyātha cārvaṃgīṃ kāmārtaḥ karamagrahīt

Translation

នៅជិតផ្ទះនាង មានព្រាហ្មណ៍វ័យក្មេងម្នាក់រស់នៅ; ពេលឃើញនាងមានអវយវៈស្រស់ស្អាត គេត្រូវកាមរាគគ្រប់គ្រង ហើយចាប់ដៃនាង។

Word by Word

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gṛha-samīpa-sthaḥ: standing/being near (her) house
• gṛha-samīpa-sthaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā (धातु) क-प्रत्यय/स्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य समीपे स्थितः)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• kaścit: some
• kaścit: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; किम् + चित् (अनिश्चितार्थ)

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• yuvā: a young man
• yuvā: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; युवन्-शब्द (विशेष-प्रातिपदिक)

• imām: her/this woman
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/कर्म (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘विक्ष्य’ = ‘दृष्ट्वा’; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धबोधक (particle: then/now)

• cārva-aṅgīm: beautiful-limbed
• cārva-aṅgīm: Visheshana (Adjective of imām/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/कर्म (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (चारूणि अङ्गानि यस्याः/या)

• kāma-ārtaḥ: distressed by desire
• kāma-ārtaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective of brāhmaṇaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (कृदन्त; √ṛ/ard? (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय; रूढ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामेन आर्तः)

• karam: hand
• karam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/कर्म (2nd case), एकवचन

• agrahīt: seized/took
• agrahīt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young brāhmaṇa approaches a fair-limbed woman near her home; his posture is impulsive, hand reaching; her body language shows recoil and alarm, foreshadowing conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It cautions that uncontrolled kāma can drive one to adharmic actions, setting karmic consequences in motion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral-narrative episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes an event, not a rite.