Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सा तस्य दर्शनादेव कामबाणप्रपीडिता । सानंदाः सुरतार्थाय समीपं समुपाद्रवत्

Transliteration

sā tasya darśanādeva kāmabāṇaprapīḍitā | sānaṃdāḥ suratārthāya samīpaṃ samupādravat

Translation

သူမသည် သူ့ကို မြင်မြင်ချင်းပင် ကာမ၏ မြားတံများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်နာကျင်သွားသည်။ ထို့နောက် ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ ပေါင်းစည်းလိုသော ဆန္ဒဖြင့် သူ့အနီးသို့ အလျင်အမြန် ပြေးသွား하였다။

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• दर्शनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• काम-बाण-प्रपीडिता: tormented by the arrows of Kāma
• काम-बाण-प्रपीडिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-पीड् (धातु) → प्रपीडित (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-विशेषण (tormented by Kāma's arrows)

• स-आनन्दाः: joyful
• स-आनन्दाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (with joy/delighted)

• सुरत-अर्थाय: for the sake of union/pleasure
• सुरत-अर्थाय: Sampradana/Purpose (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the sake of lovemaking)

• समीपम्: near; to the vicinity
• समीपम्: Adhikarana/Goal (अधिकरण/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (to the vicinity)

• समुपाद्रवत्: ran up/approached quickly
• समुपाद्रवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-द्रु (धातु) → समुपाद्रवत्
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The celestial woman, eyes widened and cheeks flushed, seems struck by invisible floral arrows; she rushes forward with eager steps toward the radiant sage.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire can arise instantly through contact with beauty; the verse sets the stage for testing the steadiness of tapas and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action unfolds at the tīrtha of Adhyāya 42; the sanctified place forms the backdrop to the ethical trial.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is narrative description of kāma’s pressure.