Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

इत्येवं राज्यसंभोगैः कुतः सौख्यं विचारतः । नृपाणां व्यग्रचित्तानामन्योन्यविजिगीषया

Transliteration

ityevaṃ rājyasaṃbhogaiḥ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ | nṛpāṇāṃ vyagracittānāmanyonyavijigīṣayā

Translation

Kaya nga, kung pagninilayan, saan matatagpuan ang ligaya sa mga kalayawan ng paghahari? Sapagkat ang isip ng mga hari ay laging nababagabag ng pagnanais na manaig sa isa’t isa.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (thus)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in this way)

• राज्यसंभोगैः: by enjoyments of kingship
• राज्यसंभोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य-संभोग (प्रातिपदिक; राज्य + संभोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; साधन/हेतु (by/with)

• कुतः: how? from where (could it be)
• कुतः: Prashna (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (whence?/how?)

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma/Predicate (object of implied ‘to obtain’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विचारतः: upon reflection; considering
• विचारतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु) + शतृ/तस् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (gerundial adverb) ‘considering/reflecting’; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (as an adverbial form)

• नृपाणाम्: of kings
• नृपाणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• व्यग्रचित्तानाम्: of those whose minds are agitated
• व्यग्रचित्तानाम्: Visheshana (of नृपाणाम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यग्र-चित्त (प्रातिपदिक; व्यग्र + चित्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of नृपाणाम्)

• अन्योन्यविजिगीषया: by mutual desire to conquer
• अन्योन्यविजिगीषया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य-विजिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक; अन्योन्य + विजिगीषा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/साधन (due to/with)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two neighboring kings with armies poised, yet the central figure turns away from the battlefield toward a temple path; the contrast shows agitation versus peace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power breeds restlessness and rivalry; true sukha arises from inner dharma, not external dominion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a general teaching on statecraft and detachment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is philosophical and ethical rather than ritual.