Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तद्दुःखं न वयं शक्ता हृदि धर्तुं कथंचन । रमते स हि रोहिण्या चंद्रमाः सहितोऽनिशम्

Transliteration

tadduḥkhaṃ na vayaṃ śaktā hṛdi dhartuṃ kathaṃcana | ramate sa hi rohiṇyā caṃdramāḥ sahito'niśam

Translation

‘ಆ ದುಃಖವನ್ನು ನಾವು ಯಾವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತಾಳಲಾರವು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಚಂದ್ರನು ರೋಹಿಣಿಯೊಡನೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।’

Word by Word

• tat-duḥkham: that sorrow
• tat-duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (तद्) + duḥkha (दुःख)
• Form: कर्मधारय (tat duḥkham); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• śaktāḥ: able
• śaktāḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (शक्त-प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (हृद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dhartum: to bear
• dhartum: Prayojana (purpose of ability)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhṛ (धृ-धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव; ‘to bear/hold’

• kathaṃcana: in any way
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/न्यूनार्थक (in any way/at all)

• ramate: sports/enjoys
• ramate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (रम्-धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• rohiṇyā: with Rohiṇī
• rohiṇyā: Sahakāraka (सह-योगे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• caṃdramāḥ: the Moon
• caṃdramāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdramās (चन्द्रमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (सहित-प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; caṃdramāḥ-विशेषण

• aniśam: constantly
• aniśam: Kālādvaya/Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (काल/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aniśam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (constantly)

Speaker

The daughters of Dakṣa (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Under a moonlit canopy, Soma remains inseparably with Rohiṇī, while the other wives, distant and dimly lit, clasp their hands in despair, conveying the pain of continual neglect.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Rohiṇī
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Partiality born of attachment violates dharma and causes collective suffering; balance and restraint are repeatedly upheld in Purāṇic teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.