Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मुनेः पत्न्योऽपदिष्टं यत्सोमवारव्रतं शुभम् । न तत्याज शुभाचारा वैधव्यं प्राप्तवत्यपि

Transliteration

muneḥ patnyo'padiṣṭaṃ yatsomavāravrataṃ śubham | na tatyāja śubhācārā vaidhavyaṃ prāptavatyapi

Translation

Das glückverheißende Montagsgelübde, das die Frauen des Weisen ihr gelehrt hatten, gab sie, die von reiner Lebensführung war, selbst nach Eintritt der Witwenschaft nicht auf.

Word by Word

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पत्न्यः: wives
• पत्न्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अपदिष्टम्: prescribed / instructed
• अपदिष्टम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपदिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अप-√दिश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)

• सोमवारव्रतम्: the Monday vow
• सोमवारव्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमवारस्य व्रतम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• तत्याज: she abandoned
• तत्याज: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुभाचारा: of good conduct
• शुभाचारा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + आचार (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुभः आचारः यस्याः)

• वैधव्यम्: widowhood
• वैधव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तवती: having obtained/attained
• प्राप्तवती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्तवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्तवत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The widow performs Monday vow: seated before a Śiva-liṅga, offering bilva leaves and water, with a simple lamp; sage’s wives (elder women) appear as instructing figures in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage, unnamed)
• Wives of the sage (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True vrata is steadiness: sacred discipline is not abandoned when life turns painful; dharma is sustained through continuity of practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; the focus is on vrata-mahattva (the greatness of a vow).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāra-vrata (the Monday vow) is referenced as an auspicious observance taught by the sage’s wives.