Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

नान्यो धर्मो भवेत्स्त्रीणां दैवतं हि पतिर्यथा । तथापि तव वाक्येन दानं दत्तं यथाविधि

Transliteration

nānyo dharmo bhavetstrīṇāṃ daivataṃ hi patiryathā | tathāpi tava vākyena dānaṃ dattaṃ yathāvidhi

Translation

Für Frauen gibt es kein anderes Dharma, das dem gleichkäme, den Gatten als eigene Gottheit zu verehren. Dennoch habe ich auf deinen Rat hin die Gabe nach rechter Vorschrift dargebracht.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• anyaḥ: other
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• dharmaḥ: duty/dharma
• dharmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavet: should be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• daivatam: deity
• daivatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle: 'as/just as')

• tathāpi: nevertheless
• tathāpi: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (concessive: 'even so/however')

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākyena: by (your) word
• vākyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• dānam: gift/charity
• dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• dattam: given
• dattam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yathāvidhi: according to rule
• yathāvidhi: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial)

Speaker

Queen (Rājñī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-field (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed woman explains that her highest dharma is revering her husband as deity, yet she has performed charity properly following the sage’s counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Queen
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is shown as layered: personal vows and social ideals coexist with scriptural counsel and proper charitable practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this line; it remains a dharma-focused statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna performed yathāvidhi—according to proper injunction and procedure.