Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

बांधवेषु चिरं वासो नारीणां न यशस्करः । मनोरथा बांधवानां नार्या भर्तृगृहे स्थितिः

Transliteration

bāṃdhaveṣu ciraṃ vāso nārīṇāṃ na yaśaskaraḥ | manorathā bāṃdhavānāṃ nāryā bhartṛgṛhe sthitiḥ

Translation

A woman’s prolonged stay among her natal kin is not considered fame-bringing. The cherished wish of her relatives is that she remain firmly established in her husband’s home.

Word by Word

• बान्धवेषु: among/at (her) relatives
• बान्धवेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• यशस्करः: bringing fame/creditable
• यशस्करः: Vidhaya-visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• मनोरथाः: desires/wishes
• मनोरथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• बान्धवानाम्: of (her) relatives
• बान्धवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• नार्याः: of a woman
• नार्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• भर्तृगृहे: in the husband’s house
• भर्तृगृहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्थितिः: abiding/residence
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvakarmā (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His daughter

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: Viśvakarmā articulates a norm—prolonged natal stay is not yaśaskara; relatives wish the woman’s stable establishment in her husband’s home.

Characters & Entities

• dharma
• bāndhava (kin)
• bhartṛgṛha (husband’s home)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes gṛhastha-dharma: stability in one’s rightful station is praised as dhārmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred setting of this māhātmya, though the verse itself is a social-dharma maxim.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames dharma as right conduct within household life.