Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

सोऽहमद्य गमिष्यामि परलोकं सहानया । प्रियारहितहर्म्यस्य जीवितस्य च किं फलम्

Transliteration

so'hamadya gamiṣyāmi paralokaṃ sahānayā | priyārahitaharmyasya jīvitasya ca kiṃ phalam

Translation

ดังนั้นวันนี้ข้าจักไปสู่ปรโลกพร้อมนาง; เมื่อไร้ที่รักแล้ว ชีวิตมีประโยชน์อันใด และเรือนหอจะมีความรื่นรมย์สิ่งใดเล่า

Word by Word

• सः: that (I)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• परलोकम्: the other world
• परलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परः लोकः)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• अनया: with this (woman)
• अनया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रियारहितहर्म्यस्य: of life in a mansion devoid of the beloved
• प्रियारहितहर्म्यस्य: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priyā + rahita + harmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे ‘हर्म्य’ नपुंसक), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; (प्रियया रहितं हर्म्यम्) इति तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (to जीवितस्य)

• जीवितस्य: of life
• जीवितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• फलम्: fruit, benefit
• फलम्: Karta/Predicate (Subject complement/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (first-person narrator within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mourner stands resolute, looking toward an unseen ‘other world,’ one hand gesturing toward the dead beloved, the other toward the horizon; the home behind appears dark and empty despite its size.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• the beloved woman
• paraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair reveals the limits of worldly support; Purāṇic teaching uses such moments to turn one toward dharma and sacred means of welfare beyond death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it belongs to a chapter within Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a vow-like statement of intent born from grief.