Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भगिनीं पुत्रभार्यां च तथैव च रजस्वलाम् । भ्रातृभार्यां मित्रभार्यां मद्यपां च परस्त्रियम्

Transliteration

bhaginīṃ putrabhāryāṃ ca tathaiva ca rajasvalām | bhrātṛbhāryāṃ mitrabhāryāṃ madyapāṃ ca parastriyam

Translation

Celui qui viole une sœur, la femme de son fils, ou une femme pendant ses règles ; la femme d'un frère, celle d'un ami, une femme ivre ou l'épouse d'autrui.

Word by Word

• bhaginīm: sister
• bhaginīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• putra: son
• putra: Sambandha (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• bhāryām: son’s wife (daughter-in-law)
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: पुत्र-भार्या (तत्पुरुष) = ‘son’s wife’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• rajasvalām: a menstruating woman
• rajasvalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rajasvalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhrātṛ: brother
• bhrātṛ: Sambandha (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• bhāryām: brother’s wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: भ्रातृ-भार्या (तत्पुरुष)

• mitra: friend
• mitra: Sambandha (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• bhāryām: friend’s wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: मित्र-भार्या (तत्पुरुष)

• madyapām: a woman who drinks liquor
• madyapām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madyapā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘मद्यपानकर्त्री’ (female drinker)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• para: another’s
• para: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• striyam: another man’s wife
• striyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: पर-स्त्री (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharma-minded audience; the verse itself is a continuation of a list addressed within the discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A somber didactic tableau: a teacher-like brāhmaṇa enumerates forbidden relations to attentive listeners; in the distance, the sea of Setu suggests the possibility of purification after remorse.

Characters & Entities

• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The passage enumerates severely prohibited sexual relations to frame the gravity of sin before declaring the tīrtha’s purificatory power in the following verses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Kṣetra (contextual), whose Māhātmya is building toward expiation through Setu-snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this half-verse; it lists prohibited acts as part of a larger expiation teaching.