Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

माहिकोवाच । त्वदीयदर्शनेनाहं कामदेववशं गता

Transliteration

māhikovāca | tvadīyadarśanenāhaṃ kāmadevavaśaṃ gatā

Translation

ماہیکا نے کہا: “تمہیں دیکھ کر میں کام دیو (خواہش) کے قبضے میں آ گئی ہوں۔”

Word by Word

• माहिकः: Māhika
• माहिकः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular (speaker tag)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular perfect

• त्वदीयदर्शनेन: by (your) sight/seeing you
• त्वदीयदर्शनेन: Karana (Cause/instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: त्वदीयस्य दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular

• कामदेववशम्: under the sway of Kāma (Cupid)
• कामदेववशम्: Karma (State reached/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कामदेवस्य वशः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular

• गताः: have gone; have come (to be)
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle ‘gone/come to’

Speaker

Māhikā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the transformed brāhmaṇa (speaker of prior verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māhikā, overcome by attraction, confesses that merely seeing him has placed her under Kāmadeva’s influence; her expression mixes longing and candor.

Characters & Entities

• Māhikā
• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse acknowledges the powerful pull of desire triggered by perception, a common Purāṇic theme used to move the story toward restraint, devotion, or dharmic resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this line; it is a character confession within the ongoing māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.