Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

इमां त्वं कन्यकां चित्ते जननीं यदि मन्यसे । अधरास्वादनं कुर्वंस्ततः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

imāṃ tvaṃ kanyakāṃ citte jananīṃ yadi manyase | adharāsvādanaṃ kurvaṃstataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi

Translation

“Jika di dalam hatimu engkau menganggap gadis ini sebagai ibumu, maka dengan mengecap bibirnya engkau akan memperoleh kejayaan (bukti yang dimaksud akan ditegakkan).”

Word by Word

• imām: this (her)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• kanyakām: girl, maiden
• kanyakām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• citte: in (your) mind
• citte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• jananīm: mother
• jananīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• manyase: you think/consider
• manyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• adhara-āsvādanam: tasting/kissing of the lips
• adhara-āsvādanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhara (प्रातिपदिक) + āsvādana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अधरस्य आस्वादनम्)

• kurvan: doing, performing
• kurvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• tataḥ: then, thereby
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• siddhim: success, attainment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• avāpsyasi: you will obtain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña instructs Parāvasu: hold the maiden in mind as mother; the scene is charged with ethical tension—purity versus temptation—under the gaze of witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña
• Parāvasu
• Kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner intention (bhāva) is treated as decisive; dharma evaluates purity of mind, not merely outward claims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is not named in this verse; the episode belongs to the chapter’s larger tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A conditional ‘proof-test’ is proposed to reveal purity/impurity, rather than a standard pilgrimage rite.