Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दैवज्ञैस्तस्य भूपतेः । कथितं रोहिणीभेदं रविपुत्रः करिष्यति

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya daivajñaistasya bhūpateḥ | kathitaṃ rohiṇībhedaṃ raviputraḥ kariṣyati

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາໃນເວລາໜຶ່ງ ນັກພະຍາກອນດາວໄດ້ກ່າວແກ່ກະສັດນັ້ນວ່າ: ບຸດແຫ່ງຣະວິ (ຊະໄນຍະຈະຣະ) ຈະກໍໃຫ້ເກີດ «ໂຣຫິນີ-ເບດ» ຄືການແຕກຮ້າວໃນໂຣຫິນີ ອັນເປັນລາງຮ້າຍ.

Word by Word

• kasyacit: of some
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थे ‘कस्यचित्’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha/Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• kālasya: of time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• daivajñaiḥ: by astrologers
• daivajñaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivajña (प्रातिपदिक: daiva+jña)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tasya: of that (king)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhūpateḥ: of the king
• bhūpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक: bhū+pati)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kathitam: was stated
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कथितम्’ = was told/said

• rohiṇī-bhedam: the breaking/affliction of Rohiṇī (asterism)
• rohiṇī-bhedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohiṇī+bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ravi-putraḥ: the son of Ravi (i.e., Śani)
• ravi-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi+putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do/cause
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Court astrologers (daivajña) presenting a palm-leaf chart to the king; above, a night sky with Saturn’s emblem and the Rohiṇī nakṣatra marked—an ominous celestial alignment.

Characters & Entities

• Daivajña (astrologers)
• Rohiṇī
• Raviputra (Śanaiścara/Saturn)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives acknowledge omens and planetary portents, urging discernment and dharmic preparedness rather than fatalism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Adhyāya 96 tīrtha narrative setting; it introduces an omen that will shape the ensuing account tied to that locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it reports a daivajña prediction concerning Rohiṇī-bheda and Śanaiścara.