Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

पानं दुर्जन संसर्गः पत्या च विरहोटनम् । स्वप्नोन्यगृहवासश्च नारीणां दूषणानि षट्

Transliteration

pānaṃ durjana saṃsargaḥ patyā ca virahoṭanam | svapnonyagṛhavāsaśca nārīṇāṃ dūṣaṇāni ṣaṭ

Translation

Rauschtrank, Umgang mit schlechten Menschen, Trennung vom Gatten und Schlafen in fremdem Hause—dies zählt man zu den sechs Schanden der Frauen.

Word by Word

• पानम्: drinking
• पानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दुर्जनसंसर्गः: association with wicked people
• दुर्जनसंसर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (दुर्जनस्य संसर्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पत्या: with the husband
• पत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विरहोटनम्: separation (from the husband) / living apart
• विरहोटनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह (प्रातिपदिक) + उटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (विरहस्य उटनम्/उत्क्षेपणम् इति भावः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वप्नः: sleeping / dreaming
• स्वप्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अन्यगृहवासः: dwelling in another’s house
• अन्यगृहवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (अन्यस्य गृहे वासः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे

• दूषणानि: faults / blemishes
• दूषणानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दूषणानि)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a woman at a crossroads with symbolic temptations—wine cup, a group of wicked companions, a distant husband, and a чуж house at night—while a dharma-teacher gestures warningly near a Kāśī ghāṭ.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected by restraint and careful association; conduct that leads to social and moral downfall should be avoided.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a nīti-style warning about behaviors considered blameworthy.