Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

वीक्ष्यामो वदनं येन नित्यमेवेंदुसंनिभम् । कर्णाभ्यां वारिता वृद्धिर्नेत्रयोरप्यसंशयम् । नो चेज्जानीमहे नैव कियती सं भविष्यति

Transliteration

vīkṣyāmo vadanaṃ yena nityameveṃdusaṃnibham | karṇābhyāṃ vāritā vṛddhirnetrayorapyasaṃśayam | no cejjānīmahe naiva kiyatī saṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

“ہم اُس چہرے کو دیکھیں گے جو ہمیشہ چاند کی مانند دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ کانوں کے ذریعے (ضبط سے) خواہش کی بڑھوتری رُک جاتی ہے، اور آنکھوں سے بھی—بے شک۔ ورنہ ہمیں بالکل معلوم نہیں کہ یہ کتنی بڑھ جائے گی۔”

Word by Word

• वीक्ष्यामः: we shall see
• वीक्ष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वदनम्: face
• वदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which/through whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-विशेषणवत् अव्यय (adverb: always)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• इन्दुसंनिभम्: moon-like
• इन्दुसंनिभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: indu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying vadanaṃ)

• कर्णाभ्याम्: by (our) two ears
• कर्णाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• वारिता: checked/prevented
• वारिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वा + ऋ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying vṛddhiḥ)

• वृद्धिः: increase/growth
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नेत्रयोः: of (our) two eyes
• नेत्रयोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Emphasis/Addition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-विशेषणवत् अव्यय (adverb: without doubt)

• नः: our
• नः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), बहुवचन (Plural); अत्र—षष्ठी (our)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Condition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-प्रदर्शक अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• जानीमहे: we know
• जानीमहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-बोधक अव्यय (negation)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphasis)

• कियती: how great/how much
• कियती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiyat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण (qualifying vṛddhiḥ understood)

• सा: that (increase)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group speaks among themselves about a moonlike face; their eyes are fixed, ears half-turned away as if resisting further provocation, conveying inner struggle between attraction and restraint.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unrestrained sense-contact (seeing/hearing) can magnify desire; vigilance and restraint are implied as dharmic safeguards.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya flow in Nāgara-khaṇḍa, but no tirtha-name is explicitly stated in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative and reflective.