Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

रोहिणीनाम या तासां मध्ये तस्य नराधिप । अनिष्टा सर्वनारीणां भर्तुश्चैव विशेषतः

Transliteration

rohiṇīnāma yā tāsāṃ madhye tasya narādhipa | aniṣṭā sarvanārīṇāṃ bhartuścaiva viśeṣataḥ

Translation

तासां मध्ये या रोहिणी-नाम्नी, हे नराधिप, सा सर्वनारीणाम् अनिष्टा बभूव, भर्तुश्च विशेषतः।

Word by Word

• रोहिणीनाम्: of the Rohiṇīs (Rohiṇī among them / Rohiṇī-named)
• रोहिणीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• मध्ये: in the midst/among
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him (the Moon)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

• अनिष्टा: unpleasant/disliked
• अनिष्टा: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्वनारीणाम्: of all women
• सर्वनारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाः नारीः)

• भर्तुः: of the husband
• भर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphatic particle

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king; continuing the Candra-Rohiṇī episode)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma (Moon) sits with Rohiṇī close by, while other nakṣatra wives look on with hurt and resentment; the atmosphere is tense yet restrained, foreshadowing cosmic repercussions.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī
• Candra (implied by 'tasya')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Partiality and desire in relationships can disturb harmony; dharma calls for fairness and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it sets up Rohiṇī’s later movement toward the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative and ethical in implication.