Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच । एष यास्यति मद्वाक्याद्वसंतस्तस्य सन्निधौ । अस्य संदर्शनादेव भविष्यति स सस्मरः

Transliteration

indra uvāca | eṣa yāsyati madvākyādvasaṃtastasya sannidhau | asya saṃdarśanādeva bhaviṣyati sa sasmaraḥ

Translation

Indra berkata: “Dengan titahku, Musim Bunga akan pergi ke hadapannya. Dengan melihat Musim Bunga sahaja, dia akan terbangkit oleh nafsu.”

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यास्यति: will go
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मद्वाक्यात्: from my word/command
• मद्वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + vākya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम वाक्यम्)

• वसन्तः: Spring (personified)
• वसन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संदर्शनात्: from (the) seeing/meeting
• संदर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्-

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सस्मरः: with love/desire; love-stricken
• सस्मरः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + smara (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-समासः (स्मरेण सह/युक्तः)

Speaker

Indra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rambhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra confidently declares that Spring, sent by his command, will stand near the sage; the mere vision of Spring will kindle desire—an image of season as a radiant deity approaching an austere hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vasanta (personified Spring)
• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even great beings can be influenced by sensory conditions; vigilance and self-restraint are essential alongside ritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting near where the sage Jābāli resides by a water-reservoir; the exact tīrtha name is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly in this verse; it introduces a divine stratagem (sending Vasanta) rather than a rite.