Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पतिव्रता स्वभर्त्रा सा मासमेवाश्रमे स्थिता । माण्डव्येनाप्यनुज्ञाता ययौ नत्वा स्वमाश्रमम्

Transliteration

pativratā svabhartrā sā māsamevāśrame sthitā | māṇḍavyenāpyanujñātā yayau natvā svamāśramam

Translation

Jene ihrem Gatten treu ergebene Frau blieb einen vollen Monat im Āśrama bei ihrem Mann. Dann, auch von Māṇḍavya erlaubt, verneigte sie sich und zog zu ihrem eigenen Āśrama.

Word by Word

• pati-vratā: a devoted wife
• pati-vratā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā/vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘पतेः व्रता’ (पतिव्रता = devoted-to-husband woman)

• sva-bhartrā: by/with her own husband
• sva-bhartrā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वस्य भर्त्रा’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• māsam: for a month
• māsam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• āśrame: in the hermitage
• āśrame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• sthitā: stayed/remained
• sthitā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्थित’—विधेय-रूपेण (was staying)

• māṇḍavyena: by Māṇḍavya (sage)
• māṇḍavyena: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṇḍavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता-निर्देश (agent in passive sense)

• api: also/even
• api: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• anujñātā: permitted/allowed
• anujñātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu√jñā (धातु) + anujñāta (कृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘अनुज्ञात’—विशेषण (having been permitted)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• natvā: having bowed
• natvā: Purvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √nam (धातु) + -tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः; क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• svam: her own
• svam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (आश्रमम्)

• āśramam: her hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya-āśrama (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife in simple ascetic attire remains in a forest hermitage beside her husband for a month; later she bows to sage Māṇḍavya, receives permission, and departs along a forest path toward her own hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilyā
• Māṇḍavya (sage)
• Āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through disciplined life: honoring elders (ṛṣis), observing proper leave, and maintaining reverence even after success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse emphasizes āśrama culture within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) and receiving anujñā (formal permission) are shown as customary dharmic observances in āśrama life.