Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

भर्त्रा सह तथा सम्यक्चिक्रीडे सुविनीतवत् । सोऽपि रेमे तया काले हस्तिन्येव महागजः

Transliteration

bhartrā saha tathā samyakcikrīḍe suvinītavat | so'pi reme tayā kāle hastinyeva mahāgajaḥ

Translation

នាងរស់នៅជាមួយស្វាមីដោយសុខសាន្ត សមរម្យ និងលេងសប្បាយដោយភាពសុភាពរាបសារ។ គាត់ក៏រីករាយជាមួយនាងនៅពេលនោះ ដូចដំរីធំរីករាយជាមួយដំរីស្រី។

Word by Word

• भर्त्रा: with (her) husband
• भर्त्रा: Sahakari/Karana (Associate/Instrument/सहकारी/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक/सहकारार्थक (prepositional adverb: 'together with')

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly/well)

• चिक्रीडे: played/sported
• चिक्रीडे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुविनीतवत्: like a well-trained (one)
• सुविनीतवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + विनीत + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: 'like/as')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• रेमे: enjoyed/sported
• रेमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakari/Karana (Associate/Instrument/सहकारी/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• हस्तिनि: in/like an elephant
• हस्तिनि: Upamana-Adhikarana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana-marker (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक निपात (comparative particle)

• महागजः: a great elephant
• महागजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् गजः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gentle domestic scene: the couple in a garden pavilion, exchanging affectionate glances with modesty; the husband’s delight compared to a great elephant with his mate—suggested by a distant pair of elephants near a lotus pond.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly happiness becomes dharmic when guided by propriety, mutual respect, and self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the character narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the verse teaches conduct (ācāra) within marriage.