Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

दक्षेणाहं पुरा सृष्टश्चंद्रार्थं कुपितेन च । रोहिणीं सेवमानस्य संत्यक्तान्यासुतस्य च

Transliteration

dakṣeṇāhaṃ purā sṛṣṭaścaṃdrārthaṃ kupitena ca | rohiṇīṃ sevamānasya saṃtyaktānyāsutasya ca

Translation

«Antaño fui creado por Dakṣa, airado, por causa de la Luna: porque la Luna atendía sólo a Rohiṇī y desatendía a las demás hijas».

Word by Word

• दक्षेण: by Dakṣa
• दक्षेण: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adverbial (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• सृष्टः: was created
• सृष्टः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘was created’

• चन्द्रार्थम्: for the sake of the Moon
• चन्द्रार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—चन्द्रस्य अर्थः (for the sake of the Moon)

• कुपितेन: by the angry (one)
• कुपितेन: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दक्षेण इत्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• रोहिणीम्: Rohiṇī
• रोहिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सेवमानस्य: of one who was attending/serving
• सेवमानस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of (him) who was serving’

• संत्यक्त: abandoned
• संत्यक्त: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-त्यज् (धातु) → संत्यक्ष्त/संत्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); समासपूर्वपद; अर्थः—‘abandoned’

• अन्यासुतस्य: of the other son
• अन्यासुतस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—अन्यस्य सुतः (son of another / other son)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Yakṣma

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitāmaha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yakṣma narrates his origin: a vision-like inset of Dakṣa in anger creating the disease for the Moon, while the Moon favors Rohiṇī and neglects other wives.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣma
• Dakṣa
• Candra (Moon)
• Rohiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Partiality and neglect of rightful duties invite imbalance and suffering; dharma requires fairness and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides mythic background within the chapter’s larger tīrtha-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it explains the cause of an affliction (yakṣma) that later motivates dharmic remedy.