Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

सन्मानमपमानेन वियोगेनेष्टसंगमः । यौवनं जरया ग्रस्तं क्व सौख्यमनुपद्रवम्

Transliteration

sanmānamapamānena viyogeneṣṭasaṃgamaḥ | yauvanaṃ jarayā grastaṃ kva saukhyamanupadravam

Translation

സന്മാനത്തിന് പിന്നാലെ അപമാനം വരുന്നു; ഇഷ്ടസംഗമത്തിന് പിന്നാലെ വിയോഗം വരുന്നു. യൗവനത്തെ ജര ഗ്രസിക്കുന്നു—അപ്പോൾ ഉപദ്രവരഹിത സുഖം എവിടെ?

Word by Word

• sat-mānam: honour/respect
• sat-mānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — N/Acc sg; कर्मधारय: ‘सत् (उत्तमः) मानः’

• apamānena: by insult
• apamānena: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• viyogena: by separation
• viyogena: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• iṣṭa-saṃgamaḥ: meeting with the beloved
• iṣṭa-saṃgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (इष्ट, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः इष्टस्य संगमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• yauvanam: youth
• yauvanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — N/Acc sg

• jarayā: by old age
• jarayā: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• grastam: seized/overcome
• grastam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gras (ग्रस्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘seized/overcome’ (agrees with ‘yauvanam’)

• kva: where
• kva: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थ-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• saukhyam: happiness
• saukhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — N/Acc sg

• anupadravam: undisturbed/trouble-free
• anupadravam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anupadrava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — N/Acc sg; उपसर्ग ‘अनु-’ + ‘उपद्रव’ (trouble) with privative sense ‘without disturbance’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triptych: (1) a garlanded man in a court, (2) the same man later scorned; (3) lovers meeting then parting at a riverbank; (4) a youthful figure shadowed by an old figure—time as a looming presence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly conditions constantly reverse—praise to blame, meeting to parting, youth to age—so one should seek the undisturbed happiness grounded in dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as a universal contemplation on impermanence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a philosophical prompt for detachment and pursuit of śreyas.