Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी । अटते नटती ह्युर्वी परितश्च गृहाद्गृहम्

Transliteration

kaṭītaṭasthapiṭikollasatkaṃbaladhāriṇī | aṭate naṭatī hyurvī paritaśca gṛhādgṛham

Translation

In eine Decke gehüllt, auffällig durch den Beutel, der an ihrer Hüfte hängt, streift sie umher—tanzend über die Erde—ringsum von Haus zu Haus.

Word by Word

• कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी: a woman wearing a shining blanket with a stool/seat fixed at the waist-side
• कटीतटस्थपिटिकोल्लसत्कंबलधारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटी-तट-स्थ-पीटिका-उल्लसत्-कंबल-धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; धारि(धृ धातु) + णिनी-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (विशेषण) — ‘कटीतटे स्था पीटिका’ इत्यादि-विशेषणैः युक्ता, ‘उल्लसत्’ (वर्तमानकृदन्त-विशेषण) + ‘कंबल’ + ‘धारिणी’

• अटते: wanders
• अटते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अट् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नटती: dances/acts
• नटती: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नट् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• उर्वी: the woman
• उर्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परितः: all around
• परितः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गृहात्: from a house
• गृहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• गृहम्: to (another) house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘गृहात् गृहम्’ = घर-घर (idiom)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s recitation in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman in a rough blanket with a waist-pouch moves from doorway to doorway, dancing and wandering; households watch from thresholds—some fearful, some curious—within a sacred town street.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restlessness and performative wandering can signify moral instability; dharma values steadiness, responsibility, and purity of conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred context in which these moral exempla are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts behavior rather than prescribing a rite.