Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

विना पुंसा तु या नारी द्वादशाब्दं शुचिव्रता । तिष्ठते साक्षयं कालं रुद्रलोके महीयते

Transliteration

vinā puṃsā tu yā nārī dvādaśābdaṃ śucivratā | tiṣṭhate sākṣayaṃ kālaṃ rudraloke mahīyate

Translation

Et une femme qui, sans époux, garde un vœu de pureté durant douze années : elle demeure pour un temps impérissable et est honorée dans le monde de Rudra.

Word by Word

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (preposition-like: without)

• पुंसा: a man, husband
• पुंसा: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; ‘विना’ योगे तृतीया (without a man)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (but, indeed)

• या: who (female)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• द्वादशाब्दम्: for twelve years
• द्वादशाब्दम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (twelve years) कालपरिमाण

• शुचिव्रता: of pure vow
• शुचिव्रता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (pure-vowed); विशेषणम् ‘नारी’

• तिष्ठते: stays, remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• साक्षयम्: imperishable, unending
• साक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘कालम्’; तत्पुरुष (with imperishability; unending)

• कालम्: time, duration
• कालम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष (in Rudra’s world)

• महीयते: is honored, is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु) [महीयते]
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary woman devotee, modestly dressed, performing daily worship and austerity over years; a compassionate, dignified atmosphere culminating in a vision of Rudra-loka where she is honored.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere purity and steadfastness in vow, even amid life’s absence of worldly support, is exalted and rewarded with proximity to Rudra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative; the exact tīrtha name is not present in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A twelve-year śuci-vrata (pure vow/regulated observance), implying sustained discipline and purity in the tīrtha setting.