Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तां च कन्यां स्थितां तत्र साम्ना परमवल्गुना । पुत्रि दृष्टा महीपालाः सर्वे चित्रगतास्त्वया

Transliteration

tāṃ ca kanyāṃ sthitāṃ tatra sāmnā paramavalgunā | putri dṛṣṭā mahīpālāḥ sarve citragatāstvayā

Translation

ครั้นเห็นนางกุมารีนั้นยืนอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น และถูกเอ่ยเรียกด้วยถ้อยคำอ่อนหวานยิ่ง—โอธิดา เมื่อเหล่ากษัตริย์ทั้งปวงได้ทอดพระเนตรเจ้า ก็ประหนึ่งถูกตรึงนิ่งดุจภาพวาด

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम्

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• स्थिताम्: standing, situated
• स्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• साम्ना: by conciliation, by gentle speech
• साम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचनम्

• परमवल्गुना: by exceedingly sweet (words)
• परमवल्गुना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम+वल्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (परमं वल्गु = exceedingly sweet)

• पुत्रि: O daughter
• पुत्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्

• दृष्टा: seen (you are seen)
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Implied action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; (पाठानुसारं) वाक्ये संबोधनानन्तरं ‘दृष्टा’ इति संबोधन-प्रयोग/वाक्यसंक्षेपः

• महीपालाः: kings
• महीपालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही+पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीपालाः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• चित्रगताः: as if turned into a picture; stunned
• चित्रगताः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र+गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; सप्तमी/तत्पुरुषार्थः (चित्रे गताः = as if gone into a picture; motionless/astonished)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (addressing/including direct vocative within quoted speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden stands in the hall; the king addresses her with exceedingly gentle words; assembled kings gaze and become motionless like figures in a painting.

Characters & Entities

• kanyā (maiden)
• mahīpāla (kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often show how beauty and desire can arrest the mind—hence the need for dharma-guided restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this line; it is part of the broader Tīrthamāhātmya storytelling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, setting the atmosphere for choice and dharma.