Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तत्रस्थस्य हि मे कन्या क्रीडते परतः स्थिता । वलयापूरिताभ्यां च प्रकोष्ठाभ्यां ततस्ततः

Transliteration

tatrasthasya hi me kanyā krīḍate parataḥ sthitā | valayāpūritābhyāṃ ca prakoṣṭhābhyāṃ tatastataḥ

Translation

เมื่อข้าพเจ้าอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น บุตรีของข้าพเจ้ายืนห่างออกไปเล็กน้อยแล้วเล่นสนุก ปลายแขนทั้งสองเต็มด้วยกำไล นางเคลื่อนไหวไปมาอยู่เนืองๆ

Word by Word

• तत्रस्थस्य: of (me) who is staying there
• तत्रस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासवत् (locative adverb + participial base; here treated as तत्पुरुष-प्रायः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘मे’ इत्यस्य/‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धे

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Modifier (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कन्या: daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• क्रीडते: plays/sports
• क्रीडते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• परतः: at a distance/aside
• परतः: Modifier (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; ‘from afar/aside’)

• स्थिता: standing
• स्थिता: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘कन्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• वलयापूरिताभ्याम्: with (two) filled with bangles
• वलयापूरिताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वलय + आपूरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (instrumental: ‘filled with bangles’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन (Dual); ‘प्रकोष्ठाभ्याम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रकोष्ठाभ्याम्: with the two forearms/wrists
• प्रकोष्ठाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Modifier (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ततः: again and again/now here now there
• ततः: Modifier (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (repetition for distributive sense)

Speaker

Male narrator within the episode (first-person account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the hermitage, the narrator’s daughter stands a little apart, playing; her forearms are filled with bangles as she moves about—an image of innocence amid austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Kanyā (daughter)
• Valaya (bangles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It situates spiritual discipline within lived human life, showing how family scenes unfold alongside āśrama practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narration.