Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अथैषा तनयाऽस्माकं गता निजसखीं प्रति । दाशात्मजां सुदुःखार्ता पुनर्दर्शनलालसा

Transliteration

athaiṣā tanayā'smākaṃ gatā nijasakhīṃ prati | dāśātmajāṃ suduḥkhārtā punardarśanalālasā

Translation

پھر ہماری بیٹی، سخت رنج میں مبتلا اور دوبارہ دیدار کی آرزو لیے، اپنی سہیلی کے پاس گئی—ماہی گیر کی بیٹی کے پاس۔

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle): अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• eṣā: this (girl/woman)
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन

• tanayā: daughter
• tanayā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us/our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen.), बहुवचन

• gatā: went
• gatā: Kriya (Motion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'गच्छितवती/प्रस्थितवती'

• nija-sakhīm: her own friend
• nija-sakhīm: Karma (Goal-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'निजा सखी'

• prati: towards
• prati: Sampradana (Direction/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition) governing accusative: 'towards'

• dāśa-ātmajām: the fisherman's daughter
• dāśa-ātmajām: Karma (Apposition to sakhīm/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'दाशस्य आत्मजा' (fisherman’s daughter)

• su-duḥkha-ārtā: very distressed
• su-duḥkha-ārtā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'दुःखेन आर्ता' with intensifier su- (very afflicted by sorrow)

• punar-darśana-lālasā: eager to see again
• punar-darśana-lālasā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + lālasā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'पुनर्दर्शनस्य लालसा' (eager for seeing again)

Speaker

Rajaka (continuing his account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful young woman walks quickly toward a riverside fisher hamlet to meet her friend; her posture shows urgency and longing, with water and nets in the background.

Characters & Entities

• tanayā (daughter)
• dāśātmajā (fisherman’s daughter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere bonds and compassion become channels through which providential help and sacred knowledge arrive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points toward a forthcoming sacred water source, but does not name the tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the daughter’s sorrowful journey to her friend.