Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

कामेनोन्मत्ततां प्राप्तो भ्रममाण इतस्ततः । विलपन्नेव दुःखार्तो वने जनविवर्जिते

Transliteration

kāmenonmattatāṃ prāpto bhramamāṇa itastataḥ | vilapanneva duḥkhārto vane janavivarjite

Translation

Impulsado a la demencia por el deseo, vagué de un lado a otro, lamentándome en angustia, en un bosque desierto de gente.

Word by Word

• कामेन: by desire/love
• कामेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• उन्मत्तताम्: madness
• उन्मत्तताम्: Karma (Object of ‘prāptaḥ’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मत्तता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: having reached/attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (Past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having attained’

• भ्रममाणः: wandering
• भ्रममाणः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (Present middle participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘wandering’

• इतस्: here
• इतस्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (directional adverb: ‘from here/this way’)

• ततः: there
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (directional/ablative adverb: ‘from there/that way’)

• विलपन्: lamenting
• विलपन्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘lamenting’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• दुःखार्तः: afflicted by sorrow
• दुःखार्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (duḥkhena ārtaḥ)

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जनविवर्जिते: devoid of people
• जनविवर्जिते: Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (janena vivarjite) — agreeing with ‘vane’

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone figure, hair loose, eyes wild with grief, wanders aimlessly among dark trees, hands raised in lament; the forest is empty, echoing his cries.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked kāma becomes moha, turning the mind into a wanderer; dharma asks for mastery of desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this shloka; it supports the larger tīrtha-story context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a psychological and narrative depiction.