Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यत्र भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परविरोधिनौ । सह भूतैर्गृहं तस्य विश त्वं भयवर्ज्जिता

Transliteration

yatra bhāryā ca bhartā ca parasparavirodhinau | saha bhūtairgṛhaṃ tasya viśa tvaṃ bhayavarjjitā

Translation

Wo Frau und Mann einander feindlich gesinnt sind—tritt in jenes Haus zusammen mit den Bhūtas ein; geh furchtlos hinein.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

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

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

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

• परस्पर-विरोधिनौ: mutually opposed
• परस्पर-विरोधिनौ: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + विरोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्परस्य विरोधी); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘भर्ता’ and ‘भार्या’)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)

• भूतैः: with beings/spirits
• भूतैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd); बहुवचन

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन

• तस्य: of that (man)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विश: enter
• विश: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

• भय-वर्जिता: free from fear
• भय-वर्जिता: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भयेन वर्जिता/भयवर्जिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘त्वम्’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; continuing the same spirit-addressed instruction sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A house split by argument: husband and wife turned away from each other, harsh gestures; smoky shadows gather in corners as bhūtas enter together, emboldened by the discord.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūta (spirits)
• Bhāryā (wife)
• Bhartā (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household harmony is dharma; persistent marital hostility is portrayed as creating a space for destructive influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where right living is presented as the true way to dwell in a sanctified landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is reconciliation and dharmic household conduct as spiritual safeguarding.