Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

पद्मपत्रेक्षणा रम्या चन्द्रबिम्बसमानना । मध्ये क्षामा सुगौरांगी पीनोन्नतपयोधरा

Transliteration

padmapatrekṣaṇā ramyā candrabimbasamānanā | madhye kṣāmā sugaurāṃgī pīnonnatapayodharā

Translation

นางงามยิ่งนัก—ดวงตาดุจกลีบบัว ใบหน้าดุจดวงจันทร์; เอวคอดอรชร กายผ่องผุด และมีถันเต็มอิ่มเชิดสูง—ปรากฏในวัยเยาว์อันเรืองรอง

Word by Word

• पद्मपत्र-ईक्षणा: lotus-petal-eyed
• पद्मपत्र-ईक्षणा: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-भावे तत्पुरुष (पद्मपत्रे इक्षणे यस्याः)

• रम्या: lovely
• रम्या: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• चन्द्रबिम्ब-सम-आनना: moon-disc-faced
• चन्द्रबिम्ब-सम-आनना: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (चन्द्रबिम्बेन समं आननं यस्याः)

• मध्ये: in the middle / at the waist
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in the middle/waist)

• क्षामा: slender
• क्षामा: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सु-गौर-अङ्गी: fair-limbed
• सु-गौर-अङ्गी: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + गौर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सु-गौरं अङ्गं यस्याः)

• पीन-उन्नत-पयोधरा: having full, high breasts
• पीन-उन्नत-पयोधरा: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्नत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + पयोधरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-श्रृङ्खला (पीनाः उन्नताः पयोधराः यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Skanda narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dīrghikā appears in radiant youth: lotus eyes, moonlike face, slender waist, fair limbs, full uplifted breasts; she stands luminous, adorned simply, with an aura indicating divinity rather than sensuality alone.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames restored youth and auspicious form as visible signs of divine favor and tīrtha-generated merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of a continuing tīrtha-māhātmya narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the site name is not explicitly present in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive verse illustrating the fruit (phala) of grace rather than a practice.