Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130
Devanagari script
इत्येवं राज्यसंभोगैः कुतः सौख्यं विचारतः । नृपाणां व्यग्रचित्तानामन्योन्यविजिगीषया
Transliteration
ityevaṃ rājyasaṃbhogaiḥ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ | nṛpāṇāṃ vyagracittānāmanyonyavijigīṣayā
Translation
इत्येवं राज्यसम्भोगैः विचारतः सौख्यं कुतः। नृपाणां व्यग्रचित्तानामन्योन्यविजिगीषया॥
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Discourse marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (thus)
एवम्in this manner
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in this way)
राज्यसंभोगैःby enjoyments of kingship
राज्यसंभोगैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य-संभोग (प्रातिपदिक; राज्य + संभोग)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; साधन/हेतु (by/with)
कुतःhow? from where (could it be)
कुतः:
Prashna (Interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (whence?/how?)
सौख्यम्happiness
सौख्यम्:
Karma/Predicate (object of implied ‘to obtain’)
TypeNoun
Rootसौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
विचारतःupon reflection; considering
विचारतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि-चर् (धातु) + शतृ/तस् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
Formकृदन्त-अव्यय (gerundial adverb) ‘considering/reflecting’; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (as an adverbial form)
नृपाणाम्of kings
नृपाणाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
व्यग्रचित्तानाम्of those whose minds are agitated
व्यग्रचित्तानाम्:
Visheshana (of नृपाणाम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यग्र-चित्त (प्रातिपदिक; व्यग्र + चित्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of नृपाणाम्)
अन्योन्यविजिगीषयाby mutual desire to conquer
अन्योन्यविजिगीषया:
Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्योन्य-विजिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक; अन्योन्य + विजिगीषा)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/साधन (due to/with)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two neighboring kings with armies poised, yet the central figure turns away from the battlefield toward a temple path; the contrast shows agitation versus peace.
FAQs
Power breeds restlessness and rivalry; true sukha arises from inner dharma, not external dominion.
No site is mentioned; the verse is a general teaching on statecraft and detachment.
None; the verse is philosophical and ethical rather than ritual.