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
Ishvara sprach: „Es gibt kein Glück unter Narren; es gibt kein Glück unter Kranken. Und Glück gehört nicht dem, der von einem anderen abhängig ist – besonders nicht dem, der von einer Frau besiegt wurde.“
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.