Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

हा हतास्मि विनष्टास्मि मंदभाग्या ह्यभागिनी । एकोपि तनयो यस्या ममाप्येनां दशां गतः

Transliteration

hā hatāsmi vinaṣṭāsmi maṃdabhāgyā hyabhāginī | ekopi tanayo yasyā mamāpyenāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ

Translation

“โอ้ย! ข้าพเจ้าถูกฆ่าแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าพินาศแล้ว—ช่างอาภัพแท้ ช่างไร้วาสนา! ผู้มีบุตรเพียงคนเดียวอย่างข้าพเจ้า แม้บุตรนั้นก็ยังพาข้าพเจ้ามาถึงสภาพนี้”

Word by Word

• हा: alas!
• हा: Sambodhana/Exclamation (सम्बोधन/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्गार-अव्यय (interjection)

• हता: killed/ruined
• हता: Karta (कर्ता) (self-description)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• विनष्टा: destroyed
• विनष्टा: Karta (कर्ता) (self-description)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु) + वि- → विनष्ट (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मन्दभाग्या: ill-fated
• मन्दभाग्या: Karta (कर्ता) (self-description)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (मन्दं भाग्यं यस्याः सा)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-प्राय

• अभागिनी: unfortunate
• अभागिनी: Karta (कर्ता) (self-description)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एकः: one/only
• एकः: Visheshana (विशेषण) of तनयः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यस्याः: whose
• यस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• एनाम्: this (state)
• एनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दशाम्: condition/state
• दशाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गतः: has gone/has reached
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता) (tanayaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

Speaker

Jāmbavatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up lament tableau: Jāmbavatī with disheveled hair ornaments, hands to chest or raised to sky, tears streaming; attendants attempt to support her; the departing son is now out of frame or a faint silhouette, intensifying isolation.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmbavatī
• Son (Sāmba, by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human attachment grieves at separation; the Purāṇa acknowledges sorrow even while guiding toward dharmic remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it continues the departure scene within the Arbuda-bound tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a lamentation verse (pralāpa) expressing maternal grief.