Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यथायथा स रम्याणि वीक्षतेंऽगानि कौतुकात् । सत्याः पितामहो हृष्टः कामार्तोऽभूत्तथातथा

Transliteration

yathāyathā sa ramyāṇi vīkṣateṃ'gāni kautukāt | satyāḥ pitāmaho hṛṣṭaḥ kāmārto'bhūttathātathā

Translation

Dan setiap kali dia, kerana rasa ingin tahu, memandang anggota-anggota tubuhnya yang indah, demikian pula datuk Satyā semakin bersukacita—namun pada kadar yang sama, semakin diseksa oleh nafsu keinginan.

Word by Word

• yathā-yathā: as and as (whenever)
• yathā-yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) क्रियाविशेषण, ‘as…as/whenever’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ramyāṇi: charming/beautiful
• ramyāṇi: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying aṅgāni)

• vīkṣate: looks at
• vīkṣate: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• aṅgāni: limbs
• aṅgāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kautukāt: out of curiosity
• kautukāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (cause)

• satyāḥ: of Satyā
• satyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pitāmahaḥ: grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāma-ārtaḥ: afflicted by desire
• kāma-ārtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of pitāmahaḥ)

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tathā-tathā: in the same way (correspondingly)
• tathā-tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति क्रियाविशेषण, ‘so and so/in the same measure’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: During the wedding rites, Satyā’s grandsire (Brahmā) repeatedly glances at her beauty; his face shows delight mixed with inner agitation, hinting at desire’s rise amid ritual splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Satyā
• Pitāmaha (grandsire figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked curiosity and sense-indulgent gazing can inflame kāma; dharma calls for vigilance and restraint of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is narrative; the surrounding chapter is a Tīrthamāhātmya, but the exact tīrtha is not identifiable from this excerpt alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it describes a psychological shift—delight turning into desire.