Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततो यावद्विनिष्क्रांताः प्रपश्यन्ति परस्परम् । तावद्वैरूपस्यनिर्मुक्ताः संजाताः कामसन्निभाः

Transliteration

tato yāvadviniṣkrāṃtāḥ prapaśyanti parasparam | tāvadvairūpasyanirmuktāḥ saṃjātāḥ kāmasannibhāḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവർ പുറത്തുവന്ന് പരസ്പരം നോക്കിയ ഉടനെ, അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ വൈരൂപ്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തരായി കാമദേവനെപ്പോലെ സുന്ദരരായി മാറി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/from there)

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधकः (as long as/until)

• viniṣkrāntāḥ: having come out
• viniṣkrāntāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viniṣkrānta (कृदन्त; वि+निस्+√kram (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having come out)

• prapaśyanti: they see
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• parasparam: each other
• parasparam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; परस्परम् = अन्योन्यम् (mutually)

• tāvat: thereupon/then
• tāvat: Sambandha (Connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तावत् (then/so long/thereupon)

• vairūpasya: of deformity/ugliness
• vairūpasya: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairūpya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• nirmuktāḥ: freed
• nirmuktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmukta (कृदन्त; निर्+√muc (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (freed/released)

• saṃjātāḥ: became
• saṃjātāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃjāta (कृदन्त; सम्+√jan (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (become/arisen)

• kāmasannibhāḥ: resembling Kāma (the god of love)
• kāmasannibhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (कामसदृशाः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rūpatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The moment after emerging from the water: the same group now radiant and symmetrical, gazing at each other in astonishment; their bodies gleam, faces serene, beauty likened to Kāma.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-grace can swiftly transform one’s condition, symbolizing inner purification reflected outwardly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred water-body that grants release from deformity—later named Rūpatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing/immersion) is shown as the direct cause of the transformation.