Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सुखसंतानपीयूष ह्रदे परिनिमज्य वै । क्षणेन तद्वियोगाग्निकीलासु पतिता बलात्

Transliteration

sukhasaṃtānapīyūṣa hrade parinimajya vai | kṣaṇena tadviyogāgnikīlāsu patitā balāt

Translation

Đang chìm trong hồ cam lộ—dòng hạnh phúc liên miên—chỉ trong khoảnh khắc, ta bị quăng mạnh xuống những cọc nhọn của ngọn lửa ly biệt khỏi chàng.

Word by Word

• सुख-सन्तान-पीयूष-ह्रदे: in the lake of nectar-like continuous happiness
• सुख-सन्तान-पीयूष-ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्तान (प्रातिपदिक) + पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य सन्तानं पीयूषवत् यस्मिन् ह्रदे)

• परिनिमज्य: having immersed
• परिनिमज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + नि + मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), ‘having plunged/immersed’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्-वियोग-अग्नि-कीलासु: into the stakes (pains) of the fire of separation from him
• तत्-वियोग-अग्नि-कीलासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + कीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य वियोगः→वियोगाग्निः; तेन कीलासु)

• पतिता: fallen
• पतिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• बलात्: forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (ablatival adverb): ‘by force/forcibly’

Speaker

Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sakhyaḥ (implied from surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A surreal metaphor-scene: the heroine submerged in a luminous nectar-lake of bliss, abruptly flung onto fiery stakes; water and flame clash in one frame.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly delight is fragile; separation and sorrow arise quickly—lasting refuge is sought in dharma and the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching kṣetra of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse contributes to the devotional atmosphere supporting the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse uses metaphor to convey the intensity of longing and loss.