Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सापि तस्यांगना रात्रौ वियुक्ता नवयौवना । असहंती स्मरावेशं रेमे जारेण संगता

Transliteration

sāpi tasyāṃganā rātrau viyuktā navayauvanā | asahaṃtī smarāveśaṃ reme jāreṇa saṃgatā

Translation

അവന്റെ ആ നവയൗവനയായ ഭാര്യയും, രാത്രിയിൽ ഭർത്താവിൽ നിന്ന് വേർപെട്ട്, കാമാവേശം സഹിക്കാനാകാതെ, ജാരനോടൊപ്പം ചേർന്ന് രമിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• sā: She
• sā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• api: Also
• api: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle

• tasya: His
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• aṃganā: Woman/Wife
• aṃganā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• rātrau: At night
• rātrau: Adhikaran (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular

• viyuktā: Separated
• viyuktā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viyukta (vi + yuj)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Past Participle

• navayauvanā: Freshly youthful
• navayauvanā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navayauvana (nava + yauvana)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• asahaṃtī: Not bearing/tolerating
• asahaṃtī: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asahantī (a + sah)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Present Participle (Shatri)

• smarāveśam: Intensity of passion
• smarāveśam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smarāveśa (smara + āveśa)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• reme: Enjoyed
• reme: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: Lit Lakara (Perfect Past), 3rd Person, Singular

• jāreṇa: With a paramour
• jāreṇa: Sahartha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• saṃgatā: United/Associated
• saṃgatā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgata (sam + gam)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular, Past Participle

Speaker

Not explicitly identifiable from the single-verse excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bandulā, young and alone at night, drawn toward a paramour; the scene emphasizes inner turmoil rather than glamour—half-lit room, anxious gaze, threshold-crossing moment.

Characters & Entities

• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates how unchecked desire (smarāveśa) can overpower restraint, serving as a cautionary moral example within Purāṇic dharma discourse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha or sthala-māhātmya is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it appears to be part of a narrative/ethical passage rather than a site-glorification segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; there is no direct instruction regarding snāna, dāna, japa, vrata, or pilgrimage here.