Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

नवयौवनसंयुक्ता भार्या तस्य मनोहरा । प्रौढवाक्या सुशीला च पीनोन्नतपयोधरा

Transliteration

navayauvanasaṃyuktā bhāryā tasya manoharā | prauḍhavākyā suśīlā ca pīnonnatapayodharā

Translation

അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ മനോഹരിയായിരുന്നു—നവയൗവനസമ്പന്ന, വാക്കിൽ പ്രൗഢതയുള്ള, സുസ്വഭാവിനി, പീനോന്നതസ്തനയുക്തയായ സുലക്ഷണയായി നിലകൊണ്ടു।

Word by Word

• नवयौवनसंयुक्ता: endowed with fresh youth
• नवयौवनसंयुक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव-यौवन-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; नव + यौवन + संयुक्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—भार्या इति विशेष्यस्य

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessor)

• मनोहरा: charming
• मनोहरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—भार्या इति विशेष्यस्य

• प्रौढवाक्या: mature in speech
• प्रौढवाक्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रौढ-वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक; प्रौढ + वाक्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—भार्या इति विशेष्यस्य

• सुशीला: well-mannered/virtuous
• सुशीला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशील (प्रातिपदिक; सु + शील)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—भार्या इति विशेष्यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पीनोन्नतपयोधरा: having full, uplifted breasts
• पीनोन्नतपयोधरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन-उन्नत-पयोधर (प्रातिपदिक; पीन + उन्नत + पयोधर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण—(सा) पीनोन्नतपयोधरा = यस्याः पयोधरौ पीनौ उन्नतौ

Speaker

Śiva (continuing the narration to Pārvatī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Portrait-like description of the Gandharva’s wife: youthful, captivating, eloquent, virtuous, and voluptuously graceful—an auspicious heroine introduction.

Characters & Entities

• Ghanavāhana (implied)
• Gandharva-wife (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse sets narrative context: worldly beauty and refinement are depicted as part of celestial-life, preparing for a dharmic turning point in the story.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Svayaṃprabhā, a divine city within the Purāṇic sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is character-description within the itihāsa framework.