Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
पत्न्यां पितुर्मयि यदि पादमुद्यच्छसे बलात् । भुवि तस्मादयं पादस्तवाद्यैव भविष्यति
Transliteration
patnyāṃ piturmayi yadi pādamudyacchase balāt | bhuvi tasmādayaṃ pādastavādyaiva bhaviṣyati
Translation
«إن رفعتَ قدمك عليّ قسرًا، وأنا زوجةُ أبيك، فبسبب ذلك ستكون هذه القدمُ نفسها، من اليوم، على الأرض (تسقط إلى التراب)».
Word by Word
पत्न्याम्toward the wife
पत्न्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)
मयिon me
मयि:
Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Locative, Singular)
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
पादम्foot
पादम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
उद्यच्छसेyou raise
उद्यच्छसे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: उद्
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (2nd person singular, Present, Ātmanepada)
बलात्by force
बलात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)
भुविon the ground/earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative, Singular)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
पादःfoot
पादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, Genitive, Singular)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (indeed)
भविष्यतिwill become/will be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular, Future, Parasmaipada)
Speaker
Chāyā (disguised as Saṃjñā), cursing Yama
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Chāyā pronounces the curse with a pointed gesture toward Yama’s raised foot; the foot is emphasized, foreshadowing its fall/affliction; the scene is tense, with moral gravity.
Characters & Entities
C
ChāyāY
YamaFAQs
Violence toward elders and parental figures is adharma and rebounds immediately as suffering through the force of a curse.
None; the verse focuses on household ethics and the consequence of a śāpa.
None.