Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61
ईश्वर उवाच । नास्ति सौख्यं च मूर्खेषु नास्ति सौख्यं च रोगिषु । पराधीनेन सौख्यं तु स्त्रीजिते च विशेषतः
īśvara uvāca | nāsti saukhyaṃ ca mūrkheṣu nāsti saukhyaṃ ca rogiṣu | parādhīnena saukhyaṃ tu strījite ca viśeṣataḥ
ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: "মূৰ্খৰ মাজত কোনো সুখ নাই; ৰোগীৰ মাজত কোনো সুখ নাই। আৰু পৰাধীন ব্যক্তিৰ সুখ নাই—বিশেষকৈ যি নাৰীৰ দ্বাৰা পৰাজিত।"
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva speaks calmly, delivering a terse nīti teaching; Viṣṇu listens attentively—scene is contemplative rather than dramatic.
FAQs
True well-being requires discernment, health, and inner independence; bondage to compulsion or domination destroys peace.
None; it is a nīti-style teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse offers ethical reflection rather than ritual instruction.