Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

पर्यंकशायिनी नारी विधवा पातयेत्पतिम् । तस्माद्भूशयनं कार्य्यं पतिसौख्यसमीहया

Transliteration

paryaṃkaśāyinī nārī vidhavā pātayetpatim | tasmādbhūśayanaṃ kāryyaṃ patisaukhyasamīhayā

Translation

المرأة التي تنام على سريرٍ مرتفع قد تُسقط زوجها في الشقاء فتغدو أرملة؛ لذلك، رغبةً في سلامة زوجها وراحته، ينبغي لها أن تنام على الأرض.

Word by Word

• पर्यङ्कशायिनी: lying on a bed/couch
• पर्यङ्कशायिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्यङ्क-शायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; पर्यङ्क + शायिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् नारी

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधवा: widow
• विधवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् नारी

• पातयेत्: may cause to fall; may bring down
• पातयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) caus. पातय (णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason marker (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• भूशयनम्: sleeping on the ground
• भूशयनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू-शयन (प्रातिपदिक; भू + शयन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: should be done; is to be done
• कार्यम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थः ‘कर्तव्यम्’

• पतिसौख्यसमीहया: with the desire for the husband's comfort
• पतिसौख्यसमीहया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति-सौख्य-समिहा (प्रातिपदिक; पति + सौख्य + समीहा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic teacher-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A modest chamber: the woman chooses to sleep on a simple mat on the floor, lamp dim, prayerful mood, symbolizing self-restraint for husband’s well-being.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and austerity undertaken for another’s welfare are praised as expressions of dharma within household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a vrata/niyama instruction within the Dharmāraṇya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhūśayana (sleeping on the ground) is prescribed as a domestic austerity intended for the husband’s welfare.