Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तूर्णं निववृते बाला पितृशुश्रूषणे रता । निवर्तमानां तां कन्यां विद्याधरकुमारकौ

Transliteration

tūrṇaṃ nivavṛte bālā pitṛśuśrūṣaṇe ratā | nivartamānāṃ tāṃ kanyāṃ vidyādharakumārakau

Translation

นางกุมารีผู้มุ่งมั่นในการปรนนิบัติรับใช้บิดา ก็หันกลับโดยฉับพลัน ครั้นนางกำลังกลับนั้น เจ้าชายวิทยาธรสององค์ได้แลเห็นนาง

Word by Word

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• निववृते: returned/turned back
• निववृते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• बाला: the girl
• बाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• पितृशुश्रूषणे: in service to (her) parents
• पितृशुश्रूषणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): पितॄणां शुश्रूषणम्

• रता: devoted/engaged
• रता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √रम् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) → रत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: आसक्ता/engaged

• निवर्तमानाम्: returning
• निवर्तमानाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वृत् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि + शतृ (शतृ-प्रत्यय) → निवर्तमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun)

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विद्याधरकुमारकौ: the two Vidyādhara princes
• विद्याधरकुमारकौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर + कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा, द्विवचन (dual); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: विद्याधराणां कुमारकौ

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young maiden, modestly dressed, turns back swiftly on a sandy coastal path near the sacred Setu; the sea-wind lifts her veil as distant aerial figures approach.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādhara princes
• the maiden
• her father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights pitṛ-sevā—devoted service to one’s father—as a dharmic virtue praised in Purāṇic ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Setukṣetra (Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred region) as presented in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative, emphasizing conduct (dharma) through service.