Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अतो भर्तृगृहं गच्छ दृष्टोऽहं पूजिता च मे । पुनरागमनं कार्यं दर्शनाय शुभेक्षणे

Transliteration

ato bhartṛgṛhaṃ gaccha dṛṣṭo'haṃ pūjitā ca me | punarāgamanaṃ kāryaṃ darśanāya śubhekṣaṇe

Translation

فلذلك اذهبي الآن إلى بيت زوجكِ. لقد رأيتِني وأكرمتِني كما ينبغي؛ ومع ذلك عودي مرةً أخرى، يا حسنةَ النظرة، لزيارةٍ أخرى ولنيل الدَّرْشَن (darśana).

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore)

• भर्तृगृहम्: to the husband’s house
• भर्तृगृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of गच्छ)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दृष्टः: (I am) seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

• पूजिता: (you are) honored/worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: by me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन रूप (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (genitive)

• पुनरागमनम्: returning again
• पुनरागमनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय) + आगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject)

• कार्यम्: to be done, necessary
• कार्यम्: Vidhaya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• दर्शनाय: for seeing/for a visit
• दर्शनाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)

• शुभेक्षणे: O auspicious-eyed one
• शुभेक्षणे: Sambodhana (Address/संबोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (likely the father addressing his daughter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A farewell scene: the daughter receives blessings after honoring her father; the father instructs her to go to her husband’s home and return again for darśana; gestures of blessing (āśīrvāda) and folded hands.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is balance: honor parents through respectful visits, but maintain one’s proper duties in the marital household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy place is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the general act of honoring (pūjā/respect) is implied; no formal rite is specified.