Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततश्च समतिक्रांते मासमात्रे द्विजोत्तमाः । तादृग्रूपः स संजातो यादृगासीत्पुरा स्मरः

Transliteration

tataśca samatikrāṃte māsamātre dvijottamāḥ | tādṛgrūpaḥ sa saṃjāto yādṛgāsītpurā smaraḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ, ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜୋତ୍ତମମାନେ, କେବଳ ଏକ ମାସ ଅତିକ୍ରମ ହେବା ପରେ ସେ ପୂର୍ବକାଳର ସ୍ମର (କାମଦେବ) ଯେପରି ଥିଲେ, ସେହିପରି ରୂପ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କଲା।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencer/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरं (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• समतिक्रान्ते: when (it) had elapsed
• समतिक्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अति + √क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त (past passive participle) ‘when (it) had passed’ (locative absolute)

• मासमात्रे: in (just) one month
• मासमात्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मासस्य मात्रम्)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः)

• तादृक्-रूपः: of such a form
• तादृक्-रूपः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—कर्मधारय (तादृशं रूपं यस्य)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संजातः: became / was born
• संजातः: Kriya (Predicative action/state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त (past participle) ‘become/been born’—वाक्ये विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण

• यादृक्: such as
• यादृक्: Visheshana (Correlative qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• स्मरः: Smara (Kāmadeva)
• स्मरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (Kāmadeva)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khaṇḍaśilā-kṣetra/tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-s (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A month passes in a montage-like sequence of daily offerings; Kāmadeva’s body regains radiant youthful form, with floral aura and regained bow and arrows, as priests and devas witness.

Characters & Entities

• Smara
• Kāmadeva
• Dvijottama (addressed audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time and sacred place mature karmic outcomes swiftly; divine states can be restored through ordained processes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage glorifies the local tīrtha connected with Kāmeśvara/Khaṇḍaśilā, where the narrative results manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it states the time-bound result (after one month) that frames later worship instructions.