Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी । अटते नटती ह्युर्वी परितश्च गृहाद्गृहम्

Transliteration

kaṭītaṭasthapiṭikollasatkaṃbaladhāriṇī | aṭate naṭatī hyurvī paritaśca gṛhādgṛham

Translation

تلفّ جسدها بغطاء، ويزيدها بروزًا كيسٌ معلّق عند خصرها؛ فهي تهيم—ترقص فوق الأرض—وتطوف من بيتٍ إلى بيت.

Word by Word

• कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी: a woman wearing a shining blanket with a stool/seat fixed at the waist-side
• कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटी-तट-स्थ-पीटिका-उल्लसत्-कंबल-धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; धारि(धृ धातु) + णिनी-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (विशेषण) — ‘कटीतटे स्था पीटिका’ इत्यादि-विशेषणैः युक्ता, ‘उल्लसत्’ (वर्तमानकृदन्त-विशेषण) + ‘कंबल’ + ‘धारिणी’

• अटते: wanders
• अटते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अट् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नटती: dances/acts
• नटती: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नट् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

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

• परितः: all around
• परितः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गृहात्: from a house
• गृहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• गृहम्: to (another) house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘गृहात् गृहम्’ = घर-घर (idiom)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s recitation in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman in a rough blanket with a waist-pouch moves from doorway to doorway, dancing and wandering; households watch from thresholds—some fearful, some curious—within a sacred town street.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restlessness and performative wandering can signify moral instability; dharma values steadiness, responsibility, and purity of conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred context in which these moral exempla are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts behavior rather than prescribing a rite.