Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यथायथा स रम्याणि वीक्षतेंऽगानि कौतुकात् । सत्याः पितामहो हृष्टः कामार्तोऽभूत्तथातथा

Transliteration

yathāyathā sa ramyāṇi vīkṣateṃ'gāni kautukāt | satyāḥ pitāmaho hṛṣṭaḥ kāmārto'bhūttathātathā

Translation

Và hễ ông vì tò mò mà cứ ngắm nhìn những chi thể diễm lệ của nàng, thì ông nội của Satyā lại càng thêm hân hoan—đồng thời, cũng theo mức ấy mà bị khổ não bởi dục vọng.

Word by Word

• yathā-yathā: as and as (whenever)
• yathā-yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) क्रियाविशेषण, ‘as…as/whenever’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ramyāṇi: charming/beautiful
• ramyāṇi: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying aṅgāni)

• vīkṣate: looks at
• vīkṣate: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• aṅgāni: limbs
• aṅgāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kautukāt: out of curiosity
• kautukāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (cause)

• satyāḥ: of Satyā
• satyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pitāmahaḥ: grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāma-ārtaḥ: afflicted by desire
• kāma-ārtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of pitāmahaḥ)

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tathā-tathā: in the same way (correspondingly)
• tathā-tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति क्रियाविशेषण, ‘so and so/in the same measure’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: During the wedding rites, Satyā’s grandsire (Brahmā) repeatedly glances at her beauty; his face shows delight mixed with inner agitation, hinting at desire’s rise amid ritual splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Satyā
• Pitāmaha (grandsire figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked curiosity and sense-indulgent gazing can inflame kāma; dharma calls for vigilance and restraint of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is narrative; the surrounding chapter is a Tīrthamāhātmya, but the exact tīrtha is not identifiable from this excerpt alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it describes a psychological shift—delight turning into desire.