Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यौवनं सा तु संप्राप्ता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि

Transliteration

yauvanaṃ sā tu saṃprāptā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi

Translation

وقت گزرنے کے ساتھ وہ جوان ہو گئی، اور خوبصورتی میں روئے زمین پر اس کی کوئی مثال نہ تھی۔

Word by Word

• यौवनम्: youth
• यौवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-धातोः प्राप्ता इत्यनेन सह (attained youth)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• संप्राप्ता: attained
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-prāp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (she attained)

• रूपेण: in beauty/by form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• अप्रतिमा: unequalled
• अप्रतिमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + pratimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (without equal)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक: bhuvi/भूमि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration, implied)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young woman in full youth stands in a garden or courtyard, luminous and poised; attendants or Ratnavatī observe her with admiration, suggesting her unmatched beauty.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It sets the narrative stage: worldly beauty and youth are presented as circumstances within a larger dhārmic storyline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site-context remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.