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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पितृगेहे तु या कन्या रजः पश्येदसंस्कृता । भ्रूणहा तत्पिता ज्ञेयो वृषली सापि कन्यका

Transliteration

pitṛgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyedasaṃskṛtā | bhrūṇahā tatpitā jñeyo vṛṣalī sāpi kanyakā

Translation

إذا رأت فتاةٌ، لم تُطهَّر بعد بالطقوس الواجبة (أي لم تُزوَّج)، حيضَها وهي في بيت أبيها، عُدَّ أبوها كمن يقتل الجنين؛ وتُعَدُّ هي أيضًا ساقطةً عن مقامها اللائق.

Word by Word
पितृगेहेin the father’s house
पितृगेहे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पितुः गेहे’)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (contrastive particle)
याwho (a certain)
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
कन्याgirl, maiden
कन्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
रजःmenstrual flow
रजः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पश्येत्should see/experiences (i.e., gets)
पश्येत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
असंस्कृताunmarried/unsanctified
असंस्कृता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + संस्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (‘not consecrated/unsanctified’, i.e., unmarried)
भ्रूणहाslayer of an embryo
भ्रूणहा:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रूण (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु) → हन्-प्रातिपदिक ‘हा’
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘भ्रूणं हन्ति’ इति)
तत्that (her)
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (पिता इति विशेष्य)
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ज्ञेयःis to be known (as)
ज्ञेयः:
Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त) → ज्ञेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/विधेय (‘to be known/considered’)
वृषलीa śūdra-woman (vṛṣalī)
वृषली:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; जातिवाचक
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (inclusive/emphatic particle)
कन्यकाa girl (maiden)
कन्यका:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried father in a traditional household setting, elders counseling, the daughter in a private chamber symbolically indicated (curtain/threshold), with a moralizing narrator presence; the atmosphere is admonitory rather than celebratory.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

The verse stresses the traditional duty of guardians to ensure timely life-cycle rites; neglect is portrayed as a grave moral failing.

It is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; the emphasis is ethical conduct within the Kāśī Māhātmya setting rather than a named micro-tīrtha.

A traditional insistence on completing appropriate saṃskāras (contextually, marriage-related consecration) in due time.

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