Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो निशावशेषेऽहमुत्थाय त्वरयाऽन्वितः । कांतादुःखपरीतात्मा गतोऽरण्यं तदेव हि

Transliteration

tato niśāvaśeṣe'hamutthāya tvarayā'nvitaḥ | kāṃtāduḥkhaparītātmā gato'raṇyaṃ tadeva hi

Translation

ನಂತರ ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಭಾಗ ಮಾತ್ರ ಉಳಿದಿದ್ದಾಗಲೇ ನಾನು ತ್ವರೆಯಿಂದ ಎದ್ದು ನಿಂತೆ. ಪ್ರಿಯೆಯ ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಆವರಿತ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಅದೇ ಅರಣ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದೆ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal connector)

• निशावशेषे: at the remainder of the night
• निशावशेषे: Adhikaraṇa (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + अवशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (niśāyāḥ avaśeṣe)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having risen’

• त्वरया: with haste
• त्वरया: Karaṇa (Instrument/means: with haste)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्तः/समन्वितः’

• कान्तादुःखपरीतात्मा: one whose soul was overwhelmed by sorrow for (his) beloved
• कान्तादुःखपरीतात्मा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कान्ता + दुःख + परीत + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कान्तायाः दुःखेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य सः’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (Past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• अरण्यम्: to the forest
• अरण्यम्: Karma/Goal (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्: that very
• तत्: Karma (Qualifier of ‘araṇyam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that (same)’

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

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Nipāta (Causal/emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: reason/emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn moment: the bereaved rises abruptly from a house, eyes red from crying, and slips back toward the dark forest, driven by longing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment-driven grief propels restless action; without inner anchoring, the seeker runs outward even in darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse alone; it continues a broader tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records the narrator’s hurried return to the forest.