Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

मासानष्टौ स दुःखेन सकलत्रः सबांधवः । स्मरमाणो महद्वैरं दैवैः सार्धं दिवानिशम्

Transliteration

māsānaṣṭau sa duḥkhena sakalatraḥ sabāṃdhavaḥ | smaramāṇo mahadvairaṃ daivaiḥ sārdhaṃ divāniśam

Translation

Por oito meses ele sofreu, junto com sua esposa e seus parentes, lembrando dia e noite sua grande inimizade com os deuses.

Word by Word

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

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

• दुःखेन: with suffering, painfully
• दुःखेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सकलत्रः: together with (his) wife
• सकलत्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सह-तत्पुरुष (with wife)

• सबान्धवः: together with (his) kinsmen
• सबान्धवः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सह-तत्पुरुष (with relatives)

• स्मरमाणः: remembering
• स्मरमाणः: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण

• वैरम्: enmity
• वैरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• दैवैः: with the gods
• दैवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakāraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition-like indeclinable: 'together with')

• दिवानिशम्: day and night
• दिवानिशम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा + निशा (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् अव्ययप्रयोग; द्वन्द्वसमास (day and night) रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (within Sūta-led narration context of the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the pit, the being suffers for eight months along with wife and kin, haunted by memories of enmity with the gods; the scene is claustrophobic, emphasizing time’s weight and mental fixation.

Characters & Entities

• daivāḥ (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained hostility toward dharma (symbolized by the gods) ripens into prolonged suffering that affects one’s whole household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative context within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates duration and intensity of suffering.