Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इयं मे सुविशालाक्षी मनःप्राणसमा प्रिया । मृता भूमौ यया हीनो नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे

Transliteration

iyaṃ me suviśālākṣī manaḥprāṇasamā priyā | mṛtā bhūmau yayā hīno nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe

Translation

นางผู้เป็นที่รักของข้า ดวงตากว้างงามดุจบัว เป็นที่รักเท่าจิตและลมหายใจของข้า บัดนี้นอนตายอยู่บนแผ่นดิน; เมื่อไร้เธอ ข้าไม่ปรารถนาจะมีชีวิตอยู่

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• सुविशालाक्षी: very large-eyed
• सुविशालाक्षी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + viśāla + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक); akṣī (स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• मनःप्राणसमा: equal to (my) mind and life-breath
• मनःप्राणसमा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas + prāṇa + samā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (मनःप्राणयोः समा) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

• प्रिया: beloved (wife)
• प्रिया: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मृता: dead
• मृता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय) → mṛtā
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• यया: by whom / because of whom
• यया: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• हीनः: deprived (of her)
• हीनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to अहम्)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जीवितुम्: to live
• जीवितुम्: Karma (Object of इच्छा/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्) → jīvitum
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive/तुमुन्), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियार्थक

• उत्सहे: I am able / I dare
• उत्सहे: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + sah (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (as the bereaved husband/lover in the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grief-stricken man kneels beside the lifeless body of his wide-eyed beloved lying on the earth; his hands raised in despair, hair disheveled, attendants at a distance, the landscape hinting at a sacred route or grove.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• the beloved woman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment brings intense suffering; Purāṇas channel such suffering toward dharma—proper rites and turning to sacred supports (tīrtha, deity, vow).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-centered chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse expresses the motivation that precedes ritual decisions.