Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
न देवी न च गन्धर्वी नासुरी न च पन्नगी । यादृग्रूपा वरारोहा तादृशी सा व्यजायत
Transliteration
na devī na ca gandharvī nāsurī na ca pannagī | yādṛgrūpā varārohā tādṛśī sā vyajāyata
Translation
ती न देवी होती, न गंधर्वी, न असुरी, न नागकन्या. ज्या रूपाची परमसुंदर अशी कल्पना होऊ शकते, तशीच ती श्रेष्ठ स्त्री जन्मास आली।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)
देवीa goddess
देवी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नnor
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
गन्धर्वीa Gandharva-woman
गन्धर्वी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नnor
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
असुरीa demoness (Asurī)
असुरी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नnor
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
पन्नगीa serpent-woman (Nāgī)
पन्नगी:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नगी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
यादृक्-रूपाof such a form (as described)
यादृक्-रूपा:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयादृश् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—यादृक् (such) + रूपा (form) (कर्मधारय)
वरारोहाof splendid figure
वरारोहा:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—वरम् आरोहणं/आरोहः यस्याः (excellent ascent; i.e., fine hips/figure)
तादृशीjust such
तादृशी:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
साshe
सा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
व्यजायतwas born; came into being
व्यजायत:
Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + जन् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Characters & Entities
G
GandharvaA
AsuraN
NāgaFAQs
Even extraordinary beauty is portrayed as a force that can provoke desire and thus becomes a backdrop for teaching restraint, repentance, and tīrtha-based purification.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, ultimately glorifying the Brahmeśvara liṅga and its tīrtha-context.
None in this verse; ritual instructions appear later in the adhyāya.