Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

स्पृहां न देवलोकेऽपि चकार तनुमध्यमा । नाभवद्रमणीयोऽसौ देवलोकस्तया विना

Transliteration

spṛhāṃ na devaloke'pi cakāra tanumadhyamā | nābhavadramaṇīyo'sau devalokastayā vinā

Translation

นางผู้เอวอ้อนนั้นมิได้ปรารถนาแม้แต่เทวโลก; หากปราศจากเขาแล้ว เทวโลกนั้นเองก็ไม่รื่นรมย์สำหรับนาง

Word by Word

• स्पृहाम्: desire/longing
• स्पृहाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पृहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय — negation particle

• देवलोके: in heaven
• देवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — particle (‘even/also’)

• चकार: made/experienced
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd sg perfect

• तनुमध्यमा: the slender-waisted (Urvashī)
• तनुमध्यमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु-मध्यमा (प्रातिपदिक; तनु + मध्यमा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहि (‘she whose waist is slender’)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय — negation particle

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd sg imperfect

• रमणीयः: delightful
• रमणीयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रमणीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• असौ: that (heaven)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular (demonstrative)

• देवलोकः: heaven
• देवलोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तया: with her
• तया: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• विना: without
• विना: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — preposition-like indeclinable governing तृतीया (‘without’)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Urvaśī in celestial court with Indra’s splendor faintly shown, yet her face turned away, longing only for the king; the jeweled svarga appears dim and colorless around her without him.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī
• Devaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Heavenly pleasures are portrayed as secondary to the bonds of the heart—highlighting the power (and risk) of attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the contrast is between devaloka (heaven) and her life with Purūravas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.