Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततोऽसौ कृशतां प्राप्तः संपरित्यज्य रोहिणीम् । अशक्तः सेवितुं कामं वभ्राम जगतीतले

Transliteration

tato'sau kṛśatāṃ prāptaḥ saṃparityajya rohiṇīm | aśaktaḥ sevituṃ kāmaṃ vabhrāma jagatītale

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူသည် အလွန်ပိန်လှီလာ၍ ရိုဟိဏီကို စွန့်ခွာကာ ကာမသုခကို မလိုက်နိုင်သဖြင့် မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် လှည့်လည်သွားလာ하였다။

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• asau: he (that one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• kṛśatām: emaciation; thinness
• kṛśatām: Gati-karma (State attained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛśatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (अवस्थावाचक भाव); ‘कृशतां’ = ‘emaciation’

• prāptaḥ: having attained; reached
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃparityajya: having completely abandoned
• saṃparityajya: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-pari-√tyaj (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive)

• rohiṇīm: Rohiṇī
• rohiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aśaktaḥ: unable
• aśaktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śakta (प्रातिपदिक; negated)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकारार्थ (not able)

• sevitum: to enjoy; to serve
• sevitum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √sev (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive/तुमुन्), अव्ययप्राय

• kāmam: desire; pleasure
• kāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vabhrāma: wandered
• vabhrāma: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jagatī-tale: on the surface of the earth/world
• jagatī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagatī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगत्याः तले)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon, thin and weakened, leaves Rohiṇī behind; he wanders the earth like a pale ascetic-king, his crescent dim, moving through forests, riversides, and settlements, searching for relief.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Rohiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment and indulgence are unstable; suffering can force detachment and redirect one toward seeking higher refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse, though the wandering motif often leads into tīrtha-seeking episodes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.