Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 258

Devanagari script

इयं तव सुता ब्रह्मन्सुताया मम सुप्रिया । न वियोगं सहत्यस्या मुहूर्तमपि भामिनी

Transliteration

iyaṃ tava sutā brahmansutāyā mama supriyā | na viyogaṃ sahatyasyā muhūrtamapi bhāminī

Translation

“Wahai Brahmana, puterimu ini amat dikasihi oleh puteriku. Gadis yang berseri itu tidak mampu menanggung perpisahan daripadanya, walau sesaat pun.”

Word by Word

• iyam: this (girl)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; युष्मद्-शब्द

• sutā: daughter
• sutā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• brahman: O Brahmin
• brahman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case/Vocative), एकवचन

• sutāyāḥ: of (your) daughter
• sutāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• su-priyā: very dear
• su-priyā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• viyogam: separation
• viyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sahati: endures/tolerates
• sahati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• muhūrtam: a moment
• muhūrtam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालवाचक

• api: even
• api: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• bhāminī: the lady (beloved woman)
• bhāminī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्त्रीवाचक संज्ञा

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two young maidens clasp hands; an elder (a Brāhmaṇa father) is addressed by a speaker pleading that the girls not be separated; expressions show tender urgency.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights steadfast affection and loyalty, virtues upheld in Purāṇic dharma as foundations for harmonious social and familial life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative context in the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named within this shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.