Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म यौवनं रूपमेव च । यत्त्वं हृद्वांछितः कांतः प्रलब्धो मदनोपमः

Transliteration

adya me saphalaṃ janma yauvanaṃ rūpameva ca | yattvaṃ hṛdvāṃchitaḥ kāṃtaḥ pralabdho madanopamaḥ

Translation

Hoje meu nascimento frutificou—e também minha juventude e minha beleza—pois a ti, amado desejado em meu coração, eu alcancei, ó bem-amado, semelhante ao próprio Madana.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; ‘जन्म’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जन्म: birth/life
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समुच्चित-विषय (coordinated subject)

• रूपम्: beauty/form
• रूपम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समुच्चित-विषय

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण (emphasis)

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

• यत्: since/that
• यत्: Hetu/Relation (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle ‘since/that’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• हृद्वाञ्छितः: heart-desired
• हृद्वाञ्छितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + वाञ्छित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हृदः वाञ्छितः = desired by the heart)

• कान्तः: beloved
• कान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रलब्धः: obtained, attained
• प्रलब्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कान्तः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मदनोपमः: like Cupid
• मदनोपमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष (मदनस्य उपमः = comparable to Madana)

Speaker

Māhī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māhī speaks with shining face, hands perhaps on his chest or clasped in añjali-like gratitude, declaring her life, youth, and beauty fulfilled upon attaining her heart’s beloved, ‘like Madana’.

Characters & Entities

• Māhī
• Madana (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates how worldly fulfillment (youth, beauty, romance) is celebrated in narrative, yet in Purāṇic ethics such attachment often becomes the seed for later remorse and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to a broader Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a personal declaration within the story.