Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

निर्हृत्य तं बंधुजना जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । शारदा प्राप्तवैधव्या पितुरेवालये स्थिता

Transliteration

nirhṛtya taṃ baṃdhujanā jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam | śāradā prāptavaidhavyā piturevālaye sthitā

Translation

After carrying him away for the final rites, the relatives returned, each to his own home. Śāradā, having fallen into widowhood, remained in her father’s house.

Word by Word

• निर्हृत्य: having taken away / after removing
• निर्हृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः निर्-; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• तम्: him/that (person/thing)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• बंधुजनाः: the relatives/kinsmen
• बंधुजनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhu + jana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (bandhūnāṃ janāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• स्वम्: (each) his own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (each his own)

• निवेशनम्: dwelling/house
• निवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शारदा: Śāradā (name)
• शारदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्तवैधव्या: having attained widowhood / widowed
• प्राप्तवैधव्या: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta + vaidhavya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (vaidhavyaṃ prāptā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ (emphasis)

• आलये: in the abode/house
• आलये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थिता: stood/remained
• स्थिता: Kriyā (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Relatives depart after funeral rites; the young widow Śāradā remains in her father’s house, seated in quiet grief, the household subdued.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• bandhujana (kinsmen)
• father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life’s impermanence is acknowledged, and dharma continues through proper rites and rightful shelter; adversity becomes a setting for later merit through virtuous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied funeral-related carrying away for rites, but no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is prescribed in this verse.