Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तस्य भार्याऽभवत्तन्वी तरुणी वररूपधृक् । पश्चिमे वयसि प्राप्ते प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी

Transliteration

tasya bhāryā'bhavattanvī taruṇī vararūpadhṛk | paścime vayasi prāpte prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī

Translation

พระมเหสีของพระองค์มีสรีระอรชร เยาว์วัย และทรงรูปโฉมงดงามยิ่ง ครั้นพระองค์ถึงปัจฉิมวัย นางก็เป็นที่รักยิ่งกว่าชีวิตของพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभवत्: was, became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तन्वी: slender
• तन्वी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तरुणी: young
• तरुणी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वररूपधृक्: bearing excellent beauty
• वररूपधृक्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर + रूप + धृक् (धृ-धातोः क्विप्/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘धृक्’ = ‘धारयन्ती’ (bearing)

• पश्चिमे: in the later
• पश्चिमे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (vayasi)

• वयसि: in age
• वयसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-आप् धातोः क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• प्राणेभ्यः: than (one's) lives
• प्राणेभ्यः: Apadana (Ablative standard/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘even’

• गरीयसी: more precious, weightier
• गरीयसी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; गुरु-तुल्यतर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative) विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aging king gazes tenderly at his youthful, exquisitely beautiful queen; the palace setting contrasts youth and age, foreshadowing tension and impending action.

Characters & Entities

• Vidūratha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights human attachment and desire, which Purāṇas often use to contrast worldly clinging with spiritual remedy through dharma and tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha context of this adhyāya, though the site is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the narrative description.