Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अहं रूपवती योषा नवयौवनशालिनी । कथं सहिष्ये कामार्ता तव संगतिवर्जिता

Transliteration

ahaṃ rūpavatī yoṣā navayauvanaśālinī | kathaṃ sahiṣye kāmārtā tava saṃgativarjitā

Translation

"Aku adalah wanita cantik, dihiasi dengan kemudaan yang segar. Bagaimana aku boleh bertahan, diseksa oleh hasrat, apabila aku kehilangan kehadiranmu?"

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rūpavatī: beautiful
• rūpavatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; yoṣā इति विशेषणम्

• yoṣā: woman
• yoṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ahaṃ इति समानाधिकरणम्

• navayauvanaśālinī: possessing fresh youth
• navayauvanaśālinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava + yauvana + śālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; yoṣā इति विशेषणम्; नवयौवनं यस्याः सा (in the sense of possessing fresh youth)

• katham: how
• katham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• sahiṣye: shall I endure
• sahiṣye: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sah (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• kāmārtā: distressed by desire
• kāmārtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ahaṃ/yoṣā इति विशेषणम्

• tava: of you / your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃgati-varjitā: deprived of your company
• saṃgati-varjitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgati + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ahaṃ इति विशेषणम्; तव इति षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided snippet (female speaker addressing her beloved)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman, adorned yet disheveled, touches her own necklace or hair as she speaks of youth and beauty; her posture shows longing and hurt, with the husband turned away.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the intensity of attachment and longing in worldly love, implicitly pointing toward the need for steadiness and higher orientation (dharma) rather than being driven by kāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha or sacred geography is directly mentioned in this verse snippet; the line functions as narrative dialogue rather than explicit sthala-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; there is no stated injunction regarding snāna, dāna, japa, vrata, or tīrtha-yātrā here.