Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रंभोवाच । स मुनिर्न विजानाति कामधर्मं सुरेश्वर । अरसज्ञं कथं देव करिष्यामि स्मरान्वितम्

Transliteration

raṃbhovāca | sa munirna vijānāti kāmadharmaṃ sureśvara | arasajñaṃ kathaṃ deva kariṣyāmi smarānvitam

Translation

ရಂಭာက ပြောသည်။ «အို နတ်တို့၏အရှင်၊ ထိုမုနိသည် ကာမဓမ္မကို မသိပါ။ အို ဘုရား၊ လောကီအရသာကို မသိသူကို မေတ္တာကာမဖြင့် မည်သို့ လှုပ်ရှားစေမည်နည်း»

Word by Word

• रम्भा: Rambhā
• रम्भा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rambhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• विजानाति: knows/understands
• विजानाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-

• कामधर्मम्: the law/way of love
• कामधर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma + dharma (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कामस्य धर्मः)

• सुरेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + īśvara (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• अरसज्ञम्: one ignorant of passion/erotic sentiment
• अरसज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-rasa + jña (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (रसस्य अज्ञः)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: shall I make/do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• स्मरान्वितम्: endowed with love/desire
• स्मरान्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smara + anvita (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषवत्/उपपद-समासः (स्मरेण अन्वितः = endowed with love)

Speaker

Rambhā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Sureśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Indra’s court, Rambhā speaks with concern: the sage is ‘arasajña’ (unacquainted with desire’s ways), asking how to kindle love in him; the atmosphere is celestial, strategic, and sensuous yet tense.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā
• Sureśvara (Indra, implied addressee)
• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep detachment makes temptation ineffective; purity of mind can render desire’s usual tactics powerless.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra remains the implied setting, as Rambhā is being sent to Jābāli there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dialogue emphasizing the sage’s renunciation and the difficulty of provoking desire.