Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यदानीता सुतरुणी परहर्म्योषिता तया । अन्येषामपि विप्राणां संति नार्यो ह्यनेकशः

Transliteration

yadānītā sutaruṇī paraharmyoṣitā tayā | anyeṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ saṃti nāryo hyanekaśaḥ

Translation

ସେ ଅତି ଯୁବତୀ କନ୍ୟାକୁ ପୁନଃ ଆଣିଛି, ଯେ ପରପୁରୁଷର ପତ୍ନୀ ହୋଇଯାଇଥିଲା। ଅନ୍ୟ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏପରି ଅନେକ ନାରୀ ଅଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• ānītā: was brought
• ānītā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'brought'

• su-taruṇī: a very young woman
• su-taruṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + taruṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु + तरुणी)

• para-harmya-uṣitā: who had lived in another's palace
• para-harmya-uṣitā: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + harmya (प्रातिपदिक) + uṣitā (√vas/√uṣ 'to dwell' क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (परहर्म्ये उषिता = 'dwelt in another's mansion'), कृदन्त-क्त

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• anyeṣām: of other
• anyeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (अन्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• viprāṇām: of brahmins
• viprāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (विप्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• santi: there are
• santi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• nāryaḥ: women
• nāryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (नारी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle: 'indeed/for')

• anekaśaḥ: in many (numerous) cases
• anekaśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anekaśas (अनेकशस्) (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'in many ways/many times')

Speaker

Narrator reporting the citizens’ speech (speaker within verse: townspeople)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense village/assembly scene: brāhmaṇas whispering and pointing toward a returned young woman; the father’s household in the background; expressions of suspicion and moral outrage.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses protecting social and household order; actions that blur boundaries are portrayed as sources of communal anxiety and disorder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting is implicit in the Tīrthamāhātmya section, but no specific place-name appears in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is stated here.