Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

पञ्चविंशतिवर्षीयं कामदेवमिवापरम् । त्वं द्रक्ष्यसि सुदीप्तांगं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्

Transliteration

pañcaviṃśativarṣīyaṃ kāmadevamivāparam | tvaṃ drakṣyasi sudīptāṃgaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

Translation

เจ้าจักได้เห็นเขาเป็นหนุ่มวัยยี่สิบห้าปี—ดุจพระกามเทพอีกองค์หนึ่ง—กายสว่างไสว และเพียบพร้อมด้วยลักษณะมงคลทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• पञ्चविंशतिवर्षीयम्: twenty-five-years-old
• पञ्चविंशतिवर्षीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्षीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चविंशतिवर्षाणि यस्य/वयः)

• कामदेवम्: Kāmadeva
• कामदेवम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kāmasya devaḥ)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana-marker (उपमान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्, उपमानवाचक-निपातः (comparative particle)

• अपरम्: another, second
• अपरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

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

• द्रक्ष्यसि: you will see
• द्रक्ष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• सुदीप्ताङ्गम्: having brilliantly shining limbs
• सुदीप्ताङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दीप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (‘सुदीप्तम् अङ्गं यस्य’)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: marked by all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘लक्षित’; तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षितम्’)

Speaker

Vibudhāḥ (the gods/divine beings), as narrated by Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The resurrected husband appears as a radiant twenty-five-year-old, ‘another Kāma-deva,’ with auspicious bodily signs; onlookers witness a sudden shift from deathly stillness to luminous youth.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and divine grace are shown as capable of restoring not only life but also auspicious vitality and fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-mahātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive promise of the boon’s result.