Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
ततो लतानि कुंजे तं समानीय मुनीश्वरम् । कामशास्त्रोदितैर्भावै रराम कृत्रिमैर्मुनिम्
Transliteration
tato latāni kuṃje taṃ samānīya munīśvaram | kāmaśāstroditairbhāvai rarāma kṛtrimairmunim
Translation
پھر وہ بیلوں سے ڈھکے ہوئے کنج میں اس مُنیश्वर کو لے گئی، اور کام شاستر میں بتائے گئے بناوٹی انداز و کیفیات اختیار کر کے اس مُنی کے ساتھ کھیلِ رَتی کرنے لگی۔
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formततः-शब्दः, अव्यय (thereupon/then)
latānicreepers/vines
latāni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootlatā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन
kuñjein a grove
kuñje:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkuñja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
tamhim
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
samānīyahaving brought
samānīya:
Kriya (Gerund/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā√nī (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्-प्रत्यय)
Formल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया; ‘having brought/led’
munīśvaramlord of sages
munīśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां ईश्वरः)
kāma-śāstra-uditaiḥtaught in erotic treatises
kāma-śāstra-uditaiḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + udita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामशास्त्रे उदितैः = ‘taught in the Kāma-śāstra’) विशेषण
bhāvaiḥwith gestures/expressions
bhāvaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
rarāmashe delighted/played (with)
rarāma:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootram (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
kṛtrimaiḥartificial/feigned
kṛtrimaiḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛtrima (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण
munimthe sage
munim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: She leads the sage into a dense vine-bower; inside, she performs learned gestures and moods—smiles, feigned shyness, playful glances—turning the grove into a stage of desire.
Characters & Entities
M
Munīśvara (the sage)K
KāmaśāstraFAQs
It depicts how crafted sensuality can destabilize tapas, warning that external settings and cultivated stimuli can intensify inner weakness.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.