Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
एवं तयोस्तु दंपत्योर्दुराचारप्रवृत्तयोः । कालेन निधनंप्राप्तः स विप्रो वृषलीपतिः
Transliteration
evaṃ tayostu daṃpatyordurācārapravṛttayoḥ | kālena nidhanaṃprāptaḥ sa vipro vṛṣalīpatiḥ
Translation
Ainsi, comme ce couple s’obstinait dans une conduite perverse, avec le temps le brāhmaṇa—époux d’une femme de basse condition—rencontra la mort.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th case/genitive), द्विवचन (dual)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Nipāta (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)
दंपत्योःof the couple (husband and wife)
दंपत्योः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine; dual pair), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), द्विवचन (dual)
दुराचारप्रवृत्तयोःof (those) engaged in bad conduct
दुराचारप्रवृत्तयोः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of genitive noun)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुराचार + प्रवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), द्विवचन (dual); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: दुराचारस्य प्रवृत्तिः; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'दंपत्योः')
कालेनin due course, by time
कालेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means) / Hetu (Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)
निधनम्death
निधनम्:
Karma (Object within compound sense)
TypeNoun
Rootनिधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)
प्राप्तःhaving reached, having met (with)
प्राप्तः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + √आप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying 'विप्रः/स')
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)
विप्रःthe brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta (Apposition to subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)
वृषलीपतिःhusband of a śūdra woman
वृषलीपतिः:
Karta (Apposition/identifier)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषली + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: वृषल्याः पतिः
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not identifiable from the excerpt)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A somber tableau: the brāhmaṇa lies lifeless; the household is shadowed, suggesting the weight of accumulated wrongdoing.
FAQs
Persistent adharma ripens into suffering; time brings inevitable karmic outcomes.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None in this verse.