Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
यथायथाथ सा याति वृद्धिं कमललोचना । तथातथास्य सुस्नेहो जाबालेरप्यवर्धत
Transliteration
yathāyathātha sā yāti vṛddhiṃ kamalalocanā | tathātathāsya susneho jābālerapyavardhata
Translation
ยิ่งกุมารีผู้มีดวงตาดุจดอกบัวนั้นเจริญวัยเพียงใด ความเอ็นดูอ่อนโยนของชาบาลีก็ยิ่งเพิ่มพูนเพียงนั้น
Word by Word
यथाas
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; यथार्थे (as)
यथाas...as
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (so and so / more and more)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/and)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वृद्धिम्growth
वृद्धिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कमललोचनाlotus-eyed
कमललोचना:
Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकमल + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कमलवत् लोचने यस्याः सा) विशेषणम् (साया:)
तथाso
तथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तथार्थे (so)
तथाaccordingly
तथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (so and so / correspondingly)
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सुस्नेहःstrong affection
सुस्नेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसु + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुः स्नेहः = उत्तमः स्नेहः)
जाबालेःof Jābāli
जाबालेः:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजाबालि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even)
अवर्धतincreased, grew
अवर्धत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The lotus-eyed maiden, now more mature, stands or sits within the bower; Jābāli watches with deepening tenderness, the scene charged with gentle but ethically tense affection.
Characters & Entities
J
JābāliT
the maiden (kamalalocanā)FAQs
In dharmic life, love expressed as responsibility and protection deepens as the one cared for flourishes.
Not specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya framework in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
None.