Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा ससखी वृंदा विससर्जाप्सरोगणान् । तत्प्रीतिपाशबद्धास्ता नित्यमायांति यांति च

Transliteration

ityuktvā sasakhī vṛṃdā visasarjāpsarogaṇān | tatprītipāśabaddhāstā nityamāyāṃti yāṃti ca

Translation

Tendo dito isso, Vṛndā, junto de sua companheira, dispensou a hoste das Apsaras. Presas pelo laço do afeto por ela, vinham e iam continuamente.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle/इत्यर्थक)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having said)

• स-सखी: with (her) female companion
• स-सखी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (with her female companion)

• वृंदा: Vṛndā
• वृंदा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृंदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विससर्ज: dismissed / sent away
• विससर्ज: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• अप्सरः-गणान्: the groups of apsarases
• अप्सरः-गणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• तत्-प्रीति-पाश-बद्धाः: bound by the noose of her affection
• तत्-प्रीति-पाश-बद्धाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + बद्ध (कृदन्त, √बन्ध्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (bound by the noose of her love/affection)

• ताः: they (those women)
• ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम; उपसर्ग: आ-

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛndā with a close companion gestures farewell to a gathered host of apsarases; the apsarases linger, visibly tethered by affection, suggesting cyclical coming-and-going around her hermitage or sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndā
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True virtue commands reverence even from celestial beings; spiritual integrity creates a powerful moral ‘bond’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is oriented toward the origin-glory of Vṛndāvana near Govardhana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates respectful withdrawal and continued visitation motivated by devotion.