Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तां कदाचिद्दुराचारां जारेण सह संगताम् । दृष्ट्वा तस्याः पतिः क्रोधादभि दुद्राव सत्वरः

Transliteration

tāṃ kadāciddurācārāṃ jāreṇa saha saṃgatām | dṛṣṭvā tasyāḥ patiḥ krodhādabhi dudrāva satvaraḥ

Translation

Un jour, voyant cette femme de mauvaise conduite unie à son amant, son époux, saisi de colère, se précipita aussitôt vers eux.

Word by Word

• tām: Her
• tām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• kadācit: Once/Sometime
• kadācit: Adhikaran (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of Time

• durācārām: Of bad conduct
• durācārām: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durācārā (dur + ācāra)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• jāreṇa: With paramour
• jāreṇa: Sahartha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• saha: With
• saha: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Preposition

• saṃgatām: United with
• saṃgatām: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgatā (sam + gam)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular, Past Participle

• dṛṣṭvā: Having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Ktva Pratyaya (Absolutive)

• tasyāḥ: Her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• patiḥ: Husband
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

• krodhāt: From anger
• krodhāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular

• abhi: Towards
• abhi: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Prefix (Upasarga)

• dudrāva: Ran/Attacked
• dudrāva: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dru (धातु)
• Form: Lit Lakara (Perfect Past), 3rd Person, Singular

• satvaraḥ: Quick/Hastily
• satvaraḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satvara (sa + tvara)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Deductive attribution unavailable from this single verse; within Brāhma Khaṇḍa contexts it is typically a Purāṇic narrator (often Sūta) relating an exemplum.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic reveal: husband catches wife with paramour; his face flushed with anger, rushing forward; the couple startled; tension frozen at the instant before violence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays how adharma (sexual misconduct) provokes krodha (anger) and sets the stage for suffering—urging restraint, fidelity, and dharmic conduct in household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha or sacred geography is named in this verse; it functions as a moral-narrative moment rather than a direct sthala-māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it contains narrative action only, without instructions about snāna, dāna, vrata, or japa.