Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

बाढमित्येव कामोक्ते गता सा तत्समीपतः । प्रणिपत्य ततः प्राह दिष्ट्या तात मया पुनः

Transliteration

bāḍhamityeva kāmokte gatā sā tatsamīpataḥ | praṇipatya tataḥ prāha diṣṭyā tāta mayā punaḥ

Translation

Setelah Kāma berkata demikian, dia pun pergi mendekatinya. Lalu bersujud dan berkata, “Dengan rahmat tuah, wahai ayahanda yang dikasihi, aku bertemu ayahanda sekali lagi.”

Word by Word

• बाढम्: certainly
• बाढम्: Prayojaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुमत्यर्थक (particle of assent: certainly/so be it)

• इति: thus
• इति: Prayojaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative: thus)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Prayojaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• कामोक्ते: in/at Kāma's words
• कामोक्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √वच्/उच् धातु)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कामस्य उक्ते = spoken by Kāma); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative: when/at the words of Kāma)

• गता: went
• गता: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used predicatively); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (gone)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा विभक्ति (she)

• तत्समीपतः: from near him
• तत्समीपतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (तस्य समीपतः); अव्यय; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: from/near his vicinity)

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having bowed down’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत, perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he/she said)

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• दिष्ट्या: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; तृतीया-एकवचन रूपेण निपातवत् (idiomatic: fortunately/by good luck)

• तात: dear father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन (vocative: dear father)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental: by me)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The heroine approaches the father/elder, bows fully, and speaks with trembling joy: ‘By good fortune, dear father, I have met you again.’ Kāma’s role is off to the side, having arranged the approach.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and right conduct are shown through respectful approach and prostration, even amid worldly aims like marriage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (holy-site glorification) connected to a local jalāśaya (sacred water-reservoir) whose fame is explained later in the passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it narrates respectful salutation (praṇipāta) as a dhārmic gesture.