Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कथं च रोचते मह्यमद्यप्रभृति भोजनम् । रात्रौ कथं च सेविष्ये निद्रां दुःखपरिप्लुता

Transliteration

kathaṃ ca rocate mahyamadyaprabhṛti bhojanam | rātrau kathaṃ ca seviṣye nidrāṃ duḥkhapariplutā

Translation

从今以后，食物怎还能令我欢喜？夜里我又怎能入睡，当我被忧苦所淹没？

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक/adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• रोचते: is pleasing
• रोचते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: √रुच् “to please/appeal”

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb): “from today onward”

• भोजनम्: food
• भोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (वैदिक/प्रचलित रूप: रात्रौ)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक/adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• सेविष्ये: shall I enjoy / take
• सेविष्ये: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √सेव् “to enjoy/serve/indulge in”

• निद्राम्: sleep
• निद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दुःखपरिप्लुता: overwhelmed by sorrow
• दुःखपरिप्लुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + परि + √प्लु (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) “परिप्लुत” with उपसर्ग परि; तत्पुरुष: दुःखेन परिप्लुता

Speaker

A remorseful sinner/supplicant woman (unnamed in snippet), addressing a revered brāhmaṇa/guru

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorse-stricken figure sits awake at night, untouched food before them; the face is drawn with grief, eyes sleepless, hands clasped in anxious reflection as the mind replays consequences.

Characters & Entities

• Duḥkha
• Nidrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True remorse disrupts ordinary pleasures, pushing the mind toward purification and sincere turning to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it depicts the inner state that precedes meaningful atonement and vow-taking.