Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
सहस्रभगचिह्नस्तु वक्त्रदेशे बभूव ह
Transliteration
sahasrabhagacihnastu vaktradeśe babhūva ha
Translation
അവന്റെ മുഖപ്രദേശത്ത് സഹസ്ര ‘ഭഗ’ ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു.
Word by Word
सहस्रभगचिह्नःbearing a thousand marks (of vulvas)
सहस्रभगचिह्नः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भग (प्रातिपदिक) + चिह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सहस्रं भगचिह्नानि यस्य) ‘marked with a thousand vulva-signs’
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle)
वक्त्रदेशेon the face-region
वक्त्रदेशे:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वक्त्रस्य देशः)
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
हindeed (emphasis)
ह:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/emphatic particle, कथनप्रत्यय)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Indra-cihna-nāśa tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra’s face bears numerous symbolic marks; he covers his face in shame while the sage stands unwavering; the marks are depicted as patterned motifs rather than explicit anatomy.
Characters & Entities
I
IndraFAQs
Dishonor follows adharma; visible signs represent the public dimension of moral law in purāṇic ethics.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.