Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एवं स्वराष्ट्रात्परराष्ट्रतश्च देशाकरग्रामपुरव्रजेभ्यः । आहृत्य नार्यो रमिता दिनेदिने भुक्वा पुनः कापि न भुज्यते मया

Transliteration

evaṃ svarāṣṭrātpararāṣṭrataśca deśākaragrāmapuravrajebhyaḥ | āhṛtya nāryo ramitā dinedine bhukvā punaḥ kāpi na bhujyate mayā

Translation

এইভাবে নিজের রাজ্য, পররাজ্য, খনি, গ্রাম, নগর ও জনপদ থেকে নারীদের এনে প্রতিদিন রমণ করা হতো। একবার ভোগ করার পর আমার দ্বারা তাকে আর ভোগ করা হতো না।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (thus)

• sva-rāṣṭrāt: from (my) own kingdom
• sva-rāṣṭrāt: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘स्वं राष्ट्रम्’

• para-rāṣṭrataḥ: from other kingdoms
• para-rāṣṭrataḥ: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल् अव्ययप्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — ‘from another kingdom’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• deśa-ākara-grāma-pura-vrajebhyaḥ: from regions, mines/markets, villages, towns, settlements
• deśa-ākara-grāma-pura-vrajebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākara (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + vraja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (from countries, mines/markets, villages, towns, settlements)

• āhṛtya: having brought
• āhṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having brought’

• nāryaḥ: women
• nāryaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ramitāḥ: were enjoyed
• ramitāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि/कर्मणि सन्दर्भे—‘were enjoyed/consorted with’

• dine: in a day
• dine: Kāla-adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dine: day by day
• dine: Kāla-adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having enjoyed’

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण

• kāpi: some (woman)
• kāpi: Karta (of bhujyate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (some/any) + ‘api’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• bhujyate: is enjoyed
• bhujyate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is enjoyed’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartṛ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Rākṣasa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic montage: caravans and messengers moving through mines, villages, towns; the king’s indulgence shown as repetitive cycles, with women depicted as sorrowful figures in the background to emphasize harm.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked appetite expands endlessly, harming society widely; the Purāṇic warning is that pleasure sought through injury becomes a cause of torment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse lists worldly places to show the breadth of wrongdoing, not pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative confession.