Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एवं विवेकमाश्रित्य तूष्णीमेहि स्वयं गृहम् । देवद्विजप्रसादेन स्त्रीत्वं तव विलीयते

Transliteration

evaṃ vivekamāśritya tūṣṇīmehi svayaṃ gṛham | devadvijaprasādena strītvaṃ tava vilīyate

Translation

Therefore, taking refuge in discernment, go silently yourself to your home. By the grace of the gods and the brāhmaṇas, your womanhood will dissolve.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• vivekam: discernment
• vivekam: Karma (Object of āśritya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viveka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āśritya: having resorted to
• āśritya: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + śri (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tūṣṇīm: silently
• tūṣṇīm: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūṣṇīm (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (silently)

• ehi: come/go
• ehi: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svayam: by yourself
• svayam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (oneself)

• gṛham: home
• gṛham: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• deva-dvija-prasādena: by the grace of gods and brāhmaṇas
• deva-dvija-prasādena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (grace/favor of gods and brāhmaṇas); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• strītvaṃ: womanhood
• strītvaṃ: Karta (Subject of passive/intransitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī + tva (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; मध्यमपुरुष, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• vilīyate: dissolves, vanishes
• vilīyate: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + lī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि अर्थः (dissolves, disappears)

Speaker

Sumedhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm resolution: the instructed person departs silently toward home; gods and brāhmaṇas symbolically bestow grace (light, blessing gesture), indicating dissolution of the imposed condition.

Characters & Entities

• Sumedhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Return to dharma through viveka and restraint; restoration comes through alignment with sacred order and the grace of devas and dvijas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; it implies seeking deva-dvija prasāda (blessings) through dharmic conduct and respectful recourse to sacred authority.