Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ततः सा चिन्तयामास निजचित्ते वरांगना । मणिभद्रेण दग्धाहमीर्ष्यावह्निगताऽनिशम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sā cintayāmāsa nijacitte varāṃganā | maṇibhadreṇa dagdhāhamīrṣyāvahnigatā'niśam

Translation

Da sann jene edle Frau in ihrem Herzen nach: „Maṇibhadra hat mich versengt; unablässig verzehrt mich das Feuer der Eifersucht.“

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — then

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — she

• cintayāmāsa: thought
• cintayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘she thought/reflected’

• nija-citte: in (her) own mind
• nija-citte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: निजस्य चित्तम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — अधिकरण (in her own mind)

• varāṃganā: the noble woman
• varāṃganā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘वरा अङ्गना’ = excellent woman; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• maṇibhadreṇa: by Maṇibhadra
• maṇibhadreṇa: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇibhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — करण/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (by Maṇibhadra)

• dagdhā: burnt
• dagdhā: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘burnt’ (predicate with ‘aham’)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘I’

• īrṣyā-vahni-gatā: consumed by jealousy-fire
• īrṣyā-vahni-gatā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īrṣyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vahni (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (gam, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/locative sense: ईर्ष्यावह्नौ गता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘gone into the fire of jealousy’ qualifying ‘aham’

• aniśam: constantly
• aniśam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aniśa (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘constantly/without pause’

Speaker

The wife (internal monologue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The noblewoman in a quiet corner of the court, hand to chest, eyes moist, visualized with a subtle inner flame motif symbolizing jealousy; a shadowy Yakṣa presence (Maṇibhadra) implied behind her memory.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jealousy (īrṣyā) burns the mind and leads to adharma; inner purification is essential for righteous living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral-psychological reflection within the narrative.