Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततो रतिं परित्यक्त्वा प्रीतिं च शरपीडितः । विजनं कंचिदासाद्य प्रसुप्तः स तरोरधः

Transliteration

tato ratiṃ parityaktvā prītiṃ ca śarapīḍitaḥ | vijanaṃ kaṃcidāsādya prasuptaḥ sa taroradhaḥ

Translation

それから矢の苦しみに責められ、ラティーもプリーティーも捨てて、ひとけなき場所に至り、木の下で眠りに落ちた。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: from there/then)

• ratim: Rati
• ratim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• parityaktvā: having abandoned
• parityaktvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु) + pari- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having abandoned'

• prītim: Prīti
• prītim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śara-pīḍitaḥ: tormented by arrows
• śara-pīḍitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍita (कृदन्त from √pīḍ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शरैः पीडितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'saḥ')

• vijanam: a solitary (place)
• vijanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied 'deśam/sthānam')

• kaṃcit: some
• kaṃcit: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषण (some/any)

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having reached/approached'

• prasuptaḥ: fell asleep
• prasuptaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√svap (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'fallen asleep'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• taroḥ: of a tree
• taroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• adhaḥ: underneath
• adhaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition: below/under)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma, wounded by desire, leaves Rati and Prīti behind and collapses into sleep beneath a tree in a lonely grove; the sacred atmosphere remains palpable.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire, when it becomes wounding, drives the mind toward restlessness and collapse—hinting at the need for restraint and higher contemplation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative frame but does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it describes the psychological consequence of being ‘pierced’ by desire.