Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथ रामेण संस्पृष्टा सहसैवांगना मुनेः । शुशुभे मानुषी जाता दिव्यरूपवपुर्धरा

Transliteration

atha rāmeṇa saṃspṛṣṭā sahasaivāṃganā muneḥ | śuśubhe mānuṣī jātā divyarūpavapurdharā

Translation

అప్పుడు రాముని స్పర్శతో ముని భార్య క్షణములోనే మళ్లీ మానవీగా మారి, దివ్యరూప-సౌందర్యమయమైన దేహాన్ని ధరించి ప్రకాశించింది।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana (Discourse marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक) = indeclinable particle; ‘then/now’

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Instrumental singular

• संस्पृष्टा: touched
• संस्पृष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्पृश् (धातु) → संस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे: स्पृष्टा (having been touched)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; ‘suddenly’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = emphatic particle; ‘indeed/just’

• अङ्गना: the woman
• अङ्गना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Genitive singular

• शुशुभे: shone
• शुशुभे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद = 3rd person singular; अर्थे: शोभितवती/अशोभत (shone/appeared splendid)

• मानुषी: human (female)
• मानुषी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; विशेषणम् (to ‘अङ्गना’)

• जाता: having become
• जाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थे: अभवत्/उत्पन्ना (became/was born)

• दिव्यरूपवपुर्धरा: bearing a divine form and body
• दिव्यरूपवपुर्धरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-रूप-वपुस्-धरा (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + रूप + वपुस् + धरा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; बहुपद-समासः; विशेषणम् ‘अङ्गना’

Speaker

Ṛṣi narrator (first-person narrative frame implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s touch instantaneously transforms the sage’s wife back into a human form; her body shines with renewed divine beauty, suggesting a before/after contrast—stone/obscured state to luminous embodied grace.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Ahalyā (as the sage’s wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Redemption is possible: divine contact transforms impurity and curse-born limitation into renewed dignity and radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Gautama’s sacred āśrama, treated as a spiritually potent locale within the chapter’s tīrtha-oriented narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the episode conveys the purifying power of the Lord’s presence as the highest sanctifier.