Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

मातापितृगुरूणां च त्यागिनो दोषदायिनः । स्वभर्तृवञ्चनपरा या स्त्री गर्भप्रघातिनी

Transliteration

mātāpitṛgurūṇāṃ ca tyāgino doṣadāyinaḥ | svabhartṛvañcanaparā yā strī garbhapraghātinī

Translation

Diejenigen, die Mutter, Vater und Guru verlassen und ihnen stattdessen Schuld zuschreiben; und jene Frau, die darauf aus ist, ihren Gatten zu täuschen und den Schoß zerstört (eine Abtreibung bewirkt)—(auch diese werden unter die Schuldigen gezählt).

Word by Word

• मातापितृगुरूणाम्: of mother, father, and teachers
• मातापितृगुरूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-पितृ-गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (mātṛ, pitṛ, guru)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• त्यागिनः: deserters/abandoners
• त्यागिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्यागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘त्यजन्ति’ इत्यर्थे (deserters)

• दोषदायिनः: fault-imputers / givers of blame
• दोषदायिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष-दायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; दोष + दायिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘दोषं ददति/आरोपयन्ति’

• स्वभर्तृवञ्चनपरा: devoted to deceiving her own husband
• स्वभर्तृवञ्चनपरा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व-भर्तृ-वञ्चन-पर (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + भर्तृ + वञ्चन + पर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्त्री’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘स्वभर्तृवञ्चने परा’

• या: who (a woman who)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• स्त्री: woman
• स्त्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गर्भप्रघातिनी: one who destroys the fetus (causes abortion)
• गर्भप्रघातिनी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भ-प्रघातिन् (प्रातिपदिक; गर्भ + प्रघातिन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्त्री’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘गर्भं प्रघातयति’

Speaker

Munis (continuation of catalogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic-āśrama contrast: on one side, parents and guru left unattended while a person points accusingly; on the other, a household scene of marital deception; a symbolic womb/lotus motif darkened to indicate गर्भप्रघात; a sage stands as moral arbiter.

Characters & Entities

• Mātā
• Pitṛ
• Guru
• Bhartṛ (husband)
• Garbha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through reverence to parents and teachers and through fidelity and protection of life; betrayal in these domains is condemned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is referenced; the verse is part of an ethical discourse within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it enumerates wrong actions relating to family and marital trust.