Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सख्या वियोगभीता च प्रोचे रत्नवती तदा । अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणा दीना बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा

Transliteration

sakhyā viyogabhītā ca proce ratnavatī tadā | aśrupūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā bāṣpagadgadayā girā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ സഖിയോടുള്ള വിരഹഭയത്താൽ രത്നവതി പറഞ്ഞു—കണ്ണുകൾ കണ്ണീരാൽ നിറഞ്ഞു, ദുഃഖിതയായി, ബാഷ്പം മൂലം ഗദ്ഗദമായ ശബ്ദത്തിൽ।

Word by Word

• सख्या: with (her) female friend / by friendship
• सख्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental case, Singular)

• वियोगभीता: afraid of separation
• वियोगभीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + भीत (कृदन्त; √भी (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; past participle used adjectivally)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रोचे: said/spoke
• प्रोचे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• रत्नवती: Ratnavatī (name)
• रत्नवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अश्रु-पूर्ण-ईक्षणा: having eyes filled with tears
• अश्रु-पूर्ण-ईक्षणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• दीना: wretched, distressed
• दीना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• बाष्प-गद्गदया: with a tear-choked (voice)
• बाष्प-गद्गदया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; qualifying ‘girā’)

• गिरा: with speech/voice
• गिरा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

Speaker

Ratnavatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young woman (Ratnavatī) speaks to her friend with tear-filled eyes; her posture droops, hands slightly raised in pleading; the friend listens closely in a quiet inner courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnavatī
• Brāhmaṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment and separation are powerful human experiences; Purāṇic storytelling uses them to guide the listener toward steadiness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an emotional narrative transition leading to dialogue.