Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

अनादृत्य तु ते वाक्यं रोहिण्यां निरतो रहः । रेमे कामपरीतात्मा अस्माकं शोकवर्द्धनः

Transliteration

anādṛtya tu te vākyaṃ rohiṇyāṃ nirato rahaḥ | reme kāmaparītātmā asmākaṃ śokavarddhanaḥ

Translation

మీ వాక్యాన్ని లెక్కచేయకుండా అతడు రహస్యంగా రోహిణీపై ఆసక్తితో నిలిచాడు; కామంతో ఆవరితమైన మనస్సుతో క్రీడిస్తూ మా శోకాన్ని మరింత పెంచాడు.

Word by Word

• anādṛtya: having disregarded
• anādṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: an-ā-√dṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः: आ-, नञ्-प्रत्ययेन निषेधः; अर्थः: ‘अवज्ञाय/अनादरं कृत्वा’

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• te: your
• te: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; ‘तव/ते’

• vākyaṃ: statement/words
• vākyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• rohiṇyām: in/with Rohiṇī
• rohiṇyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• nirataḥ: engaged/absorbed
• nirataḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirata (प्रातिपदिक; √ram/√rañj-निरत भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• rahaḥ: in secret, privately
• rahaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: rahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थे ‘गुप्तम्/एकान्ते’

• reme: he enjoyed/sported
• reme: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kāmaparītātmā: whose mind was overcome by desire
• kāmaparītātmā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + parīta (कृदन्त, √i/√ṛ? ‘परि-इ’ भाव: ‘आवृत’) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘कामेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य’ (अर्थतः बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोगः)

• asmākaṃ: of us/our
• asmākaṃ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन

• śokavarddhanaḥ: increaser of (our) sorrow
• śokavarddhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + varddhana (प्रातिपदिक; √vṛdh)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘शोकस्य वर्धनः’

Speaker

Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Mahādevī addressed in surrounding narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra, radiant and youthful, secretly delights with Rohiṇī while the other wives languish; the contrast between moonlit romance and the neglected wives’ sorrow is stark.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Candra (Soma)
• Rohiṇī
• Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire that ignores rightful counsel becomes a source of collective suffering; dharma demands self-governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the Māhātmya setting in which this moral-cosmic episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.