Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

अहं यथा तथात्रैव संतिष्ठतु दिवानिशम् । येन संतापमायाति पश्यन्मम विरोधिनीम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ yathā tathātraiva saṃtiṣṭhatu divāniśam | yena saṃtāpamāyāti paśyanmama virodhinīm

Translation

จงให้นางอยู่ที่นี่ทั้งวันทั้งคืน ไม่ว่าข้าจะอยู่ในสภาพเช่นไร เพื่อที่เมื่อนางเห็นคู่แข่งของข้า นางจักถูกครอบงำด้วยความทุกข์ระทมใจดั่งไฟเผา

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; एकवचनम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), लिङ्गम्—अलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक-सम्बन्धबोधक (as/just as)

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तदनुरूपार्थक (so, in that manner)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक (here)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारण/निश्चयार्थक (indeed/only)

• संतिष्ठतु: let (her/it) remain, stay
• संतिष्ठतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—स्था (1P) उपसर्गः—सम्; अर्थः—स्थिरतां गच्छतु

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक (by day)

• निशम्: night (as time-span)
• निशम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘दिवानिशम्’ = दिवा च निशा च (through day and night)

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे (by which/whereby)

• संतापम्: distress, torment
• संतापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• आयाति: comes, arises
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ-उपसर्ग
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—या (2P) उपसर्गः—आ; अर्थः—आगच्छति/प्राप्नोति

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta (Agent of participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्तः (शतृ-प्रत्ययः); प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; क्रियाविशेषणभावेन (while seeing)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• विरोधिनीम्: (my) female opponent/adversary
• विरोधिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोधिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेष्य—स्त्री (female opponent)

Speaker

Phalavatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense domestic-sacred scene: a powerful woman (or yoginī/śakti figure) is commanded/compelled to remain at a spot day and night; the rival watches from a distance, consumed by inner heat.

Characters & Entities

• Phalavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse illustrates how jealousy and rivalry intensify suffering—an implicit warning in Purāṇic dharma narratives even when framed as a boon-request.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request concerning the continued presence and emotional affliction of a rival.