Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा यौवनारंभमाश्रिता । सा शक्रेणाथ संपृष्टा का त्वं कमललोचने

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇā yauvanāraṃbhamāśritā | sā śakreṇātha saṃpṛṣṭā kā tvaṃ kamalalocane

Translation

นางเพียบพร้อมด้วยลักษณะมงคลทั้งปวง เพิ่งย่างเข้าสู่วัยเยาว์ ศักระจึงถามนางว่า “โอ้ผู้มีนัยน์ตาดุจดอกบัว เจ้าเป็นใคร?”

Word by Word

• सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा: complete with all auspicious marks
• सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा: Modifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः लक्षणैः संपूर्णा)

• यौवनारम्भम्: the onset of youth
• यौवनारम्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (youth-beginning)

• आश्रिता: having attained/resorted to
• आश्रिता: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय) → आश्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यौवनारम्भम् + आश्रिता (having resorted to)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शक्रेण: by Śakra
• शक्रेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• संपृष्टा: was asked
• संपृष्टा: Kriya (Passive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय) → संपृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि (asked by Śakra)

• का: who (are you)
• का: Predicate interrogative
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

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

• कमललोचने: O lotus-eyed one
• कमललोचने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: कमल इव लोचने यस्याः

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The cowherd maiden (unnamed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close encounter: Indra addresses the lotus-eyed maiden, noting her auspicious marks and youthful bloom; the moment anticipates a revelation of identity or destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kanyakā
• Lakṣaṇa (auspicious marks)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma values auspicious qualities and right inquiry; discernment precedes ritual action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of a tīrthamāhātmya episode; the site-focus emerges more explicitly later in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; Indra’s questioning prepares for a yajña-related purpose.