Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

कुशलं मे वरारोहे सर्वत्रैवाधुना स्थितम् । विशेषेणात्र संप्राप्ता सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

kuśalaṃ me varārohe sarvatraivādhunā sthitam | viśeṣeṇātra saṃprāptā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

ฤๅษีกล่าวว่า “โอ้สตรีผู้มีสะโพกงาม บัดนี้เราสุขสวัสดี; ความผาสุกของเรามั่นคงทั่วทุกแห่ง และยิ่งกว่านั้น เธอได้มาถึงที่นี่—ประดับด้วยลักษณะมงคลครบถ้วน”

Word by Word

• कुशलम्: well-being, welfare
• कुशलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; abstract noun (well-being)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक); वर-आरोह (समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (श्रेष्ठे आरोहः/आरोहणं यस्याः)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• स्थितम्: is situated/established
• स्थितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle; agrees with ‘कुशलम्’

• विशेषेण: especially, in particular
• विशेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental of manner

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• संप्राप्ता: has been attained/has arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past participle; (speaker’s welfare) ‘has come/arrived’

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: endowed with all auspicious marks
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व-लक्षण-लक्षिता (समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षिता = marked by all auspicious signs)

Speaker

Muni (the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rambhā (addressed as varārohā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage in a forested tīrtha hermitage greets a radiant woman whose body bears auspicious marks; the atmosphere is serene yet charged with subtle attraction.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious encounters in sacred contexts are seen as signs of merit (puṇya) and the ripening of dharmic fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse does not specify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is conversational and descriptive.