Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तन्माता नन्दिनीनाम कामदेवशरार्दिता । तत्पत्न्या वेषमाधाय तच्छय्यायामुपस्थिता

Transliteration

tanmātā nandinīnāma kāmadevaśarārditā | tatpatnyā veṣamādhāya tacchayyāyāmupasthitā

Translation

அவனுடைய தாய் நந்தினி, காமதேவனின் அம்புகளால் குத்துண்டவளாய், அவன் மனைவியின் வேடம் பூண்டு அவன் படுக்கையருகே வந்து நின்றாள்।

Word by Word

• tat: of him/of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitive sense), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (तत्-माता)

• mātā: mother
• mātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nandinīnām: of Nandinī (named women)/of Nandinīs
• nandinīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kāmadevaśarārditā: afflicted by Cupid’s arrows
• kāmadevaśarārditā: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāmadeva (प्रातिपदिक) + śara (प्रातिपदिक) + ardita (ard (धातु) + kta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामदेवस्य शरैः अर्दिता = afflicted by Kāma’s arrows)

• tat: of him/of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (तत्-पत्न्या)

• patnyā: by/with (his) wife
• patnyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• veṣam: disguise/attire
• veṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ādhāya: having assumed
• ādhāya: Kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhā (धातु) + ā- + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having put on/assumed)

• tat: his/that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (तत्-शय्यायाम्)

• śayyāyām: on the bed
• śayyāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• upasthitā: came/appeared (near)
• upasthitā: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + upa- + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृसम्बन्धे (having approached/appeared)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night interior: a woman (mother Nandinī) inflamed by Kāma, disguised as the wife, approaches the hero’s bed; atmosphere of secrecy and impending revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāma, when unchecked, can drive one toward grave adharma; Purāṇic storytelling warns against desire overpowering dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly named in this verse; it is part of a larger chapter within Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a narrative description.