Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

शीतकाले तु शीतेन ह्युष्णकाले च रश्मिभिः । वर्षाकाले तु तोयेन क्लेशं यास्य थ भूरिशः

Transliteration

śītakāle tu śītena hyuṣṇakāle ca raśmibhiḥ | varṣākāle tu toyena kleśaṃ yāsya tha bhūriśaḥ

Translation

‘ยามหนาวพวกเจ้าจะทุกข์ด้วยความหนาว ยามร้อนจะทุกข์ด้วยรัศมีตะวัน และยามฝนจะทุกข์ด้วยสายน้ำ—ดังนี้จักประสบความลำบากมากมาย’

Word by Word

• śīta-kāle: in the cold season
• śīta-kāle: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कालवाचक अधिकरण

• tu: indeed
• tu: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• śītena: by cold
• śītena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Emphasis/Reason (हेतु/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (for/indeed)

• uṣṇa-kāle: in the hot season
• uṣṇa-kāle: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कालवाचक अधिकरण

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• raśmibhiḥ: by rays (sunbeams)
• raśmibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• varṣā-kāle: in the rainy season
• varṣā-kāle: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कालवाचक अधिकरण

• tu: indeed
• tu: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक

• toyena: by water (rain)
• toyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• kleśam: distress
• kleśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• yāsyatha: you will go/undergo
• yāsyatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhūriśaḥ: greatly
• bhūriśaḥ: Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūriśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (excessively/abundantly)

Speaker

Sāvitrī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych of suffering: shivering in winter, scorched under summer rays, drenched in monsoon—hardship portrayed as the curse’s lived reality.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Mātṛgaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward the sacred and lack of compassion are portrayed as leading to prolonged worldly hardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; it is a consequence-oriented statement within a śāpa narrative.