Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

संगमाय यदाहूता नागता निजवल्लभा । बलादाहर्तुकामस्तामुदतिष्ठन्महीपतिः

Transliteration

saṃgamāya yadāhūtā nāgatā nijavallabhā | balādāhartukāmastāmudatiṣṭhanmahīpatiḥ

Translation

ସଙ୍ଗମ ପାଇଁ ଡାକିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରିୟା ପତ୍ନୀ ଆସିଲେ ନାହିଁ; ତେଣୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ବଳପୂର୍ବକ ଆଣିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରି ସେ ମହୀପତି ଉଠିଲେ।

Word by Word

• saṃgamāya: for union/meeting
• saṃgamāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (temporal conjunction ‘when’)

• āhūtā: having been called
• āhūtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√hve (ह्वे/ह्वा) क्त
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि

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

• āgatā: having come
• āgatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√gam (गम्) क्त
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• nija-vallabhā: his own beloved (wife)
• nija-vallabhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + vallabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• balāt: by force
• balāt: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगेण अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb); ‘बलात्’ = forcibly

• āhartukāmaḥ: desiring to bring (her)
• āhartukāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√hṛ (हृ) तुमुन् (infinitive) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आहर्तुम् कामः’ इति; विशेषण

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• udatiṣṭhat: rose up/stood up
• udatiṣṭhat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sthā (स्था)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahīpatiḥ: king (lord of the earth)
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king abruptly rises from his seat/bedside, posture tense, reaching forward as if to seize; the queen recoils or remains firm; lamps flare; attendants at doorway sense danger.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse foreshadows the danger of adharma when desire overrides restraint and righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative movement leading to moral instruction.