Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अथ रात्रिं समालोक्य दीर्घां ये कामुका जनाः । ते सर्वे तुष्टिमापन्नास्तथा च कुल स्त्रियः

Transliteration

atha rātriṃ samālokya dīrghāṃ ye kāmukā janāḥ | te sarve tuṣṭimāpannāstathā ca kula striyaḥ

Translation

夜が長く延びたのを見て、欲楽に耽る人々は皆ことごとく歓喜し、家々の女たちもまた同じく満ち足りた。

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• rātrim: the night
• rātrim: Karman (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (रात्रि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• samālokya: having seen/observed
• samālokya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√lok (सम् + आ + लोक् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'समालोक्य' = सम्यक् आलोक्य (having observed)

• dīrghām: long
• dīrghām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha (दीर्घ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'रात्रिम्' इति विशेषणम्

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• kāmukāḥ: lustful men; amorous persons
• kāmukāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmuka (कामुक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; 'ये' इति विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (जन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; 'ते' इति विशेषणम्

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction, contentment
• tuṣṭim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (तुष्टि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• āpannāḥ: attained, reached
• āpannāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pad (आ + पद् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; 'आपन्नाः' = प्राप्ताः

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (so/likewise)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• kula: noble family; respectable
• kula: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (कुल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'स्त्रियः' इति विशेषणरूपेण (of good family)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (स्त्री प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Contextual) Miracle-associated kṣetra near the pādāghāta-kunda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A town under an unusually long night: pleasure-seekers celebrate, while household women also appear pleased; lamps glow, music and revelry continue beneath a dark sky lacking dawn.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic order falters, people of different dispositions respond differently—highlighting the need for dharmic steadiness over sensual delight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative; it does not name the tīrtha but describes social effects around it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a reaction to the prolonged night.