Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
Devanagari script
शुचिष्मत्यपि दुःखार्ता रुरोदातीव दुःसहम् । आर्तस्वरेण हारावैरत्यंत व्याकुलेद्रिया
Transliteration
śuciṣmatyapi duḥkhārtā rurodātīva duḥsaham | ārtasvareṇa hārāvairatyaṃta vyākuledriyā
Translation
シュチシュマティもまた悲嘆に責められ、耐えがたく泣き伏した。痛切な声で、感覚はすっかり乱れ、幾度も幾度も叫び続けた。
Word by Word
शुचिष्मतिin/with Śuciṣmatī (the wife named Śuciṣmatī)
शुचिष्मति:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुचिष्मती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; (name)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: ‘also/even’)
दुःखार्ताafflicted with grief
दुःखार्ता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःख-आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण ‘afflicted by sorrow’
रुरोदwept
रुरोद:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरुद् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
अतिexcessively
अति:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb: ‘excessively’)
इवas if
इव:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)
दुःसहम्unbearable/unbearably
दुःसहम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुः-सह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (used adverbially: ‘unbearably’)
आर्तस्वरेणwith a distressed voice
आर्तस्वरेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootआर्त-स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
हारावैःwith wailing cries
हारावैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहाराव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (crying/wailing sounds)
अत्यन्तम्exceedingly
अत्यन्तम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यन्तम् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘exceedingly’)
व्याकुल-इन्द्रियाwith agitated senses
व्याकुल-इन्द्रिया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootव्याकुल-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण ‘whose senses are agitated’
Speaker
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya context, deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (traditional frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śuciṣmatī’s grief breaks into repeated cries; her hair loosened, ornaments displaced, she weeps with a raw, distressed voice while the household stands stunned.
Characters & Entities
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ŚuciṣmatīFAQs
The Purāṇa mirrors human suffering to teach detachment and the need for spiritual refuge amid life’s uncertainties.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context is Kāśī, but this verse is not a site-glorification passage.
None.