Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह सा कंठाद्विमुच्य भुजबंधनम् । कथं तापसरूपेण त्वं मां मोहितुमागतः
Transliteration
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha sā kaṃṭhādvimucya bhujabaṃdhanam | kathaṃ tāpasarūpeṇa tvaṃ māṃ mohitumāgataḥ
Translation
അവനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അവൾ കണ്ഠത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ഭുജബന്ധനം വിട്ട് പറഞ്ഞു—“തപസ്വിയുടെ രൂപം ധരിച്ചു നീ എന്നെ മോഹിപ്പിക്കാൻ എങ്ങനെ വന്നു?”
Word by Word
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (Adverbial action)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कण्ठात्from (her) neck
कण्ठात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
विमुच्यhaving released
विमुच्य:
Kriya (Adverbial action)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + मुच् (धातु) (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)
भुजबंधनम्the arm-embrace/bond of arms
भुजबंधनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभुज + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासः: भुजानां बन्धनम्)
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Sambandha (Interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
तापसरूपेणin the form of an ascetic
तापसरूपेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतापस + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (समासः: तापसस्य रूपम्)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन
मोहितुम्to delude
मोहितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootमुह् (धातु) (तुमुन्)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive)
आगतःhas come
आगतः:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु) (क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः
Speaker
Vṛndā
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Vṛndā abruptly disengages her arms from his neck, stepping back with indignation and hurt, confronting the ascetic-disguised Hari about delusion.
Characters & Entities
V
VṛndāT
Tāpasa (ascetic)M
Mohā (delusion)FAQs
It foregrounds discernment and moral protest against deception, even when the deceiver is powerful.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the verse is dialogic and ethical in focus.