Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सुखसंतानपीयूष ह्रदे परिनिमज्य वै । क्षणेन तद्वियोगाग्निकीलासु पतिता बलात्

Transliteration

sukhasaṃtānapīyūṣa hrade parinimajya vai | kṣaṇena tadviyogāgnikīlāsu patitā balāt

Translation

Je m’étais, en vérité, plongée dans un lac de nectar, flot ininterrompu de félicité ; mais en un instant je fus violemment précipitée sur les pieux du feu de la séparation d’avec lui.

Word by Word

• सुख-सन्तान-पीयूष-ह्रदे: in the lake of nectar-like continuous happiness
• सुख-सन्तान-पीयूष-ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्तान (प्रातिपदिक) + पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य सन्तानं पीयूषवत् यस्मिन् ह्रदे)

• परिनिमज्य: having immersed
• परिनिमज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + नि + मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), ‘having plunged/immersed’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्-वियोग-अग्नि-कीलासु: into the stakes (pains) of the fire of separation from him
• तत्-वियोग-अग्नि-कीलासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + कीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य वियोगः→वियोगाग्निः; तेन कीलासु)

• पतिता: fallen
• पतिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• बलात्: forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (ablatival adverb): ‘by force/forcibly’

Speaker

Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sakhyaḥ (implied from surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A surreal metaphor-scene: the heroine submerged in a luminous nectar-lake of bliss, abruptly flung onto fiery stakes; water and flame clash in one frame.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly delight is fragile; separation and sorrow arise quickly—lasting refuge is sought in dharma and the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching kṣetra of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse contributes to the devotional atmosphere supporting the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse uses metaphor to convey the intensity of longing and loss.