Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
भूताच्छादनभोज्येन भर्त्रा विरहिता सती । निनाय कतिचिन्मासान्सा बाला पितृमंदिरे
Transliteration
bhūtācchādanabhojyena bhartrā virahitā satī | nināya katicinmāsānsā bālā pitṛmaṃdire
Translation
Séparée de son époux —qui lui assurait vêtement et nourriture—, la jeune femme vertueuse passa plusieurs mois dans la demeure de son père.
Word by Word
भूतmere/only; basic
भूत:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग), प्रातिपदिक; विशेषणार्थ (as first member)
आच्छादनcovering/clothing
आच्छादन:
—
TypeNoun
Rootācchādana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग), प्रातिपदिक
भोज्येनwith food (edibles)
भोज्येन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootbhojya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); समासपदस्य अन्त्यपदम्
भर्त्राby (her) husband
भर्त्रा:
Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
विरहिताseparated/deprived
विरहिता:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-√rah (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्
सतीthe virtuous woman / she
सती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsatī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
निनायspent/led (time)
निनाय:
Kriyā (Main action)
TypeVerb
Root√nī (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
कतिhow many / some
कति:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkati (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुवचनार्थक-प्रश्न/अनिश्चितसंख्या; समासाङ्ग (in katicit)
चित्some/any
चित्:
Viśeṣaṇa-bodhaka (Indefiniteness marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcit (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (indefinite particle), अनिश्चितार्थ
मासान्months
मासान्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent)
TypeNoun
Rootmāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
बालाthe girl/young woman
बाला:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbālā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); अप्पोजिशन (apposition)
पितृfather
पितृ:
—
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासाङ्ग (in pitṛmaṃdire), प्रातिपदिक
मंदिरेin the father’s house
मंदिरे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmandira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (pituḥ mandiram), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śāradā, deprived of her husband’s care, passes months quietly in her father’s home—simple living, restrained dress, contemplative posture.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚāradāH
husband (bhartṛ)F
father’s house (pitṛmaṃdira)FAQs
Endurance in sorrow and steadiness in virtue are praised; dharma is upheld even when worldly support is lost.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse continues a domestic narrative.
None explicitly; the verse describes circumstances rather than a rite.