Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

तासां स्त्रीणां गतिर्दृष्टा न तु विश्वासघातिनाम् । विश्वासघातिनां पुंसां मित्रद्रोहकृतां तथा

Transliteration

tāsāṃ strīṇāṃ gatirdṛṣṭā na tu viśvāsaghātinām | viśvāsaghātināṃ puṃsāṃ mitradrohakṛtāṃ tathā

Translation

Le sort de ces femmes a été observé (et connu), mais non celui des traîtres à la confiance : de ces hommes qui violent la foi donnée et commettent la perfidie envers leurs amis.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गतिः: fate/going/destination
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: is seen/known
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; वाक्ये ‘दृष्टा (अस्ति)’ = ‘has been seen/known’ (passive sense)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha/Upapada (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• विश्वासघातिनाम्: of betrayers of trust
• विश्वासघातिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘विश्वास-घातिन्’ = विश्वासस्य घातकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विश्वासघातिनाम्: of betrayers of trust
• विश्वासघातिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्तम् (next pāda)

• पुंसाम्: of men
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• मित्रद्रोहकृताम्: of those who commit betrayal of friends
• मित्रद्रोहकृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘मित्र-द्रोह-कृत्’ = मित्रस्य द्रोहं करोति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Upapada (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

Speaker

Munis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a trusting friend offering help; the betrayer turning away with hidden intent; sages/elders lamenting the unseen fate of such treachery.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāsaghātin (trust-betrayer)
• Mitradroha (friend-treachery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Betrayal of trust—especially treachery toward friends—is singled out as a sin whose consequences are portrayed as extraordinary and dreadful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it functions as a concluding moral emphasis within the Revā Khaṇḍa passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it contrasts known destinies of other offenders with the uniquely severe lot of trust-betrayers.