Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सापि तस्यांगना रात्रौ वियुक्ता नवयौवना । असहंती स्मरावेशं रेमे जारेण संगता

Transliteration

sāpi tasyāṃganā rātrau viyuktā navayauvanā | asahaṃtī smarāveśaṃ reme jāreṇa saṃgatā

Translation

Auch seine junge Frau, nachts von ihm getrennt, konnte den Ansturm der Begierde nicht ertragen und fand Lust, indem sie sich mit einem Liebhaber vereinte.

Word by Word

• sā: She
• sā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• api: Also
• api: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle

• tasya: His
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• aṃganā: Woman/Wife
• aṃganā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• rātrau: At night
• rātrau: Adhikaran (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular

• viyuktā: Separated
• viyuktā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viyukta (vi + yuj)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Past Participle

• navayauvanā: Freshly youthful
• navayauvanā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navayauvana (nava + yauvana)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• asahaṃtī: Not bearing/tolerating
• asahaṃtī: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asahantī (a + sah)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Present Participle (Shatri)

• smarāveśam: Intensity of passion
• smarāveśam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smarāveśa (smara + āveśa)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• reme: Enjoyed
• reme: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: Lit Lakara (Perfect Past), 3rd Person, Singular

• jāreṇa: With a paramour
• jāreṇa: Sahartha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• saṃgatā: United/Associated
• saṃgatā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgata (sam + gam)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Past Participle

Speaker

Not explicitly identifiable from the single-verse excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bandulā, young and alone at night, drawn toward a paramour; the scene emphasizes inner turmoil rather than glamour—half-lit room, anxious gaze, threshold-crossing moment.

Characters & Entities

• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates how unchecked desire (smarāveśa) can overpower restraint, serving as a cautionary moral example within Purāṇic dharma discourse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha or sthala-māhātmya is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it appears to be part of a narrative/ethical passage rather than a site-glorification segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; there is no direct instruction regarding snāna, dāna, japa, vrata, or pilgrimage here.