Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

य उद्वहेद्रजोयुक्तां स ज्ञेयो वृषलीपतिः

Transliteration

ya udvahedrajoyuktāṃ sa jñeyo vṛṣalīpatiḥ

Translation

Wer eine Frau während ihrer Menstruation heiratet, ist als „vṛṣalīpati“ zu erkennen — als „Gatte einer vṛṣalī“, einer vom rechten dharmischen Wandel Abgefallenen.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• udvahet: should marry/take in marriage
• udvahet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√vah (वह्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• rajoyuktām: a woman associated with menses
• rajoyuktām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rajas (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (√yuj (युज्) + kta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रजसा युक्ता)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• jñeyaḥ: is to be known (as)
• jñeyaḥ: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा) + ya (णीय/यत्) → jñeya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तव्यता/विधेय (gerundive: ‘to be known’)

• vṛṣalīpatiḥ: husband of a vṛṣalī (low-caste woman)
• vṛṣalīpatiḥ: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वृषल्याः पतिः)

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (context: Śiva instructing Pārvatī in Śrāddhakalpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding pavilion scene halted by a sage’s raised hand: the bride is shown with a subtle red cloth motif indicating rajas; elders look concerned; ritual fire and garlands await, emphasizing the gravity of timing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes restraint and purity as dharmic safeguards, especially in contexts tied to lineage and ritual responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, but the verse functions as a normative rule within the Śrāddha-kalpa discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A conduct-prohibition is implied: avoid marriage/sexual union during rajas (menstruation) as part of dharmic discipline.