Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

तासां स्त्रीणां गतिर्दृष्टा न तु विश्वासघातिनाम् । विश्वासघातिनां पुंसां मित्रद्रोहकृतां तथा

Transliteration

tāsāṃ strīṇāṃ gatirdṛṣṭā na tu viśvāsaghātinām | viśvāsaghātināṃ puṃsāṃ mitradrohakṛtāṃ tathā

Translation

Das Geschick jener Frauen ist gesehen (und erkannt) worden, nicht aber das der Vertrauensbrecher—jener Männer, die Vertrauen verletzen und an Freunden Verrat üben.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गतिः: fate/going/destination
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: is seen/known
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; वाक्ये ‘दृष्टा (अस्ति)’ = ‘has been seen/known’ (passive sense)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha/Upapada (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• विश्वासघातिनाम्: of betrayers of trust
• विश्वासघातिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘विश्वास-घातिन्’ = विश्वासस्य घातकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विश्वासघातिनाम्: of betrayers of trust
• विश्वासघातिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्तम् (next pāda)

• पुंसाम्: of men
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• मित्रद्रोहकृताम्: of those who commit betrayal of friends
• मित्रद्रोहकृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘मित्र-द्रोह-कृत्’ = मित्रस्य द्रोहं करोति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

Speaker

Munis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a trusting friend offering help; the betrayer turning away with hidden intent; sages/elders lamenting the unseen fate of such treachery.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāsaghātin (trust-betrayer)
• Mitradroha (friend-treachery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Betrayal of trust—especially treachery toward friends—is singled out as a sin whose consequences are portrayed as extraordinary and dreadful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it functions as a concluding moral emphasis within the Revā Khaṇḍa passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it contrasts known destinies of other offenders with the uniquely severe lot of trust-betrayers.