Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

बांधवेषु चिरं वासो नारीणां न यशस्करः । मनोरथा बांधवानां नार्या भर्तृगृहे स्थितिः

Transliteration

bāṃdhaveṣu ciraṃ vāso nārīṇāṃ na yaśaskaraḥ | manorathā bāṃdhavānāṃ nāryā bhartṛgṛhe sthitiḥ

Translation

Langes Verweilen einer Frau bei ihren Blutsverwandten gilt nicht als rühmlich. Der Herzenswunsch der Angehörigen ist, dass sie im Haus ihres Gatten fest gegründet bleibe.

Word by Word

• बान्धवेषु: among/at (her) relatives
• बान्धवेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• यशस्करः: bringing fame/creditable
• यशस्करः: Vidhaya-visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• मनोरथाः: desires/wishes
• मनोरथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• बान्धवानाम्: of (her) relatives
• बान्धवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• नार्याः: of a woman
• नार्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• भर्तृगृहे: in the husband’s house
• भर्तृगृहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्थितिः: abiding/residence
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvakarmā (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His daughter

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: Viśvakarmā articulates a norm—prolonged natal stay is not yaśaskara; relatives wish the woman’s stable establishment in her husband’s home.

Characters & Entities

• dharma
• bāndhava (kin)
• bhartṛgṛha (husband’s home)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes gṛhastha-dharma: stability in one’s rightful station is praised as dhārmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred setting of this māhātmya, though the verse itself is a social-dharma maxim.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames dharma as right conduct within household life.