Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

सहिता तेन विप्रेण कंदर्पप्रतिमेन च । अथ ताभ्यां महान्रामो मिथः संदर्शनात्स्थितः

Transliteration

sahitā tena vipreṇa kaṃdarpapratimena ca | atha tābhyāṃ mahānrāmo mithaḥ saṃdarśanātsthitaḥ

Translation

เมื่อมีพราหมณ์ผู้นั้นร่วมทาง ผู้มีรูปงามดุจกันทรปะแล้ว เพียงได้เห็นหน้ากันและกัน ความรื่นรมย์ยิ่งใหญ่ก็เกิดขึ้นในใจของทั้งสอง

Word by Word

• सहिता: accompanied
• सहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + √इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘accompanied/with’

• तेन: with him
• तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• विप्रेण: with the Brahmin
• विप्रेण: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• कंदर्प-प्रतिमेन: like Kāma (Cupid)
• कंदर्प-प्रतिमेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कंदर्प (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कंदर्पस्य प्रतिमः/सदृशः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; qualifying विप्रेण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय — ‘then’

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं, तृतीया (करण), द्विवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Dual

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying रामः

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• मिथः: mutually
• मिथः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परस्परार्थक) — indeclinable ‘mutually/with each other’

• संदर्शनात्: from seeing/at the sight
• संदर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्√दृश् (धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• स्थितः: stood/remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle used predicatively: ‘stood/remained’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Putra-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa and dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman and the brāhmaṇa, handsome like Kandarpa, walk together; merely seeing each other kindles strong mutual attraction, foreshadowing tension between vow and desire.

Characters & Entities

• Kandarpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text sets up a moral narrative: attraction can arise swiftly, and dharma is tested even during pilgrimage contexts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing episode is framed around Putra-tīrtha, whose sanctity is highlighted by the surrounding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes the arising of mutual attraction.