Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा तवेदृशं रूपमहं प्राप्तो वरानने । गांधर्वेण विवाहेन तस्माद्वरय मां द्रुतम्

Transliteration

śrutvā tavedṛśaṃ rūpamahaṃ prāpto varānane | gāṃdharveṇa vivāhena tasmādvaraya māṃ drutam

Translation

നിന്റെ ഇത്തരമൊരു സൗന്ദര്യം കേട്ടു, ഹേ സുന്ദരമുഖീ, ഞാൻ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ഗന്ധർവവിവാഹമായി ഉടൻ എന്നെ വരിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having heard)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ईदृशम्: such (like this)
• ईदृशम्: Visheshana (of रूपम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• रूपम्: form/beauty
• रूपम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्राप्तः: have come/arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावार्थे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having come/arrived)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: वर + आनन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• गान्धर्वेण: by the gāndharva (type of)
• गान्धर्वेण: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गान्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (of विवाहेन)

• विवाहेन: by marriage
• विवाहेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): हेत्वर्थे/तस्मात् = therefore/from that reason

• वरय: choose (me)
• वरय: Kriya (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): शीघ्रार्थे

Speaker

A lust-driven Dānava/Asura (the suitor in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, leaning forward, speaks urgently to the meditating Devī, gesturing as if to claim immediate union; the Devī remains still, eyes half-closed, radiating unshaken yogic power.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gāndharva-vivāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reducing the divine to an object of enjoyment is adharma; sacred relationships require righteousness, not haste driven by lust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, where the episode unfolds and the Goddess’s dignity is defended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions gāndharva-vivāha (marriage by mutual attraction/consent), but here it is invoked improperly as coercive haste.