Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशसमा दुःखं सहिष्ये तद्वियोगजम् । इत्युक्त्वा तद्गतमना नृपः प्राया न्निजां पुरीम्

Transliteration

caturdaśasamā duḥkhaṃ sahiṣye tadviyogajam | ityuktvā tadgatamanā nṛpaḥ prāyā nnijāṃ purīm

Translation

“เราจักอดทนทุกข์อันเกิดจากการพรากจากกันตลอดสิบสี่ปี” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระราชาผู้มีจิตแน่วแน่ในนาง ก็เสด็จออกสู่พระนครของตน

Word by Word

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमासः (चतुर्दश=14) ; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (समासान्त-विशेषणम्)

• समाः: years
• समाः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (years)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• सहिष्ये: I shall endure
• सहिष्ये: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचनम् (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• वियोग: separation
• वियोग: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचनम् (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• जम्: born from
• जम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज (प्रातिपदिक; √जन्-सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; समासान्त-विशेषणम् (ज=उत्पन्न)

• तद्वियोगजम्: arising from separation from him/that
• तद्वियोगजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + वियोग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य वियोगात् जातम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम् (दुःखम् इति विशेषणम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākya-sūcaka (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभावः (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having said’

• तद्गतमना: whose mind was fixed on him/that
• तद्गतमना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + गत + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य मनः तद्गतम्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम् (नृपः इति विशेषणम्)

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• प्रायात्: departed
• प्रायात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत/अorist), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• निजाम्: his own
• निजाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम् (पुरीम् इति विशेषणम्)

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

Speaker

The king (first line), then narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, eyes lowered and mind absorbed in the beloved, speaks a firm vow of enduring fourteen years of separation, then departs toward his capital with a small retinue; the city-gate and road recede behind him.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A person must bear the fruits of prior actions; the king’s resolve to endure reflects acceptance of karmic consequence, even when desire remains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode sits within Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu Māhātmya framework; the verse itself does not name a particular bathing spot or shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.