Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कन्या पितुः शोच्या सदा दुःखविवर्धिनी

Transliteration

tasmātkanyā pituḥ śocyā sadā duḥkhavivardhinī

Translation

C’est pourquoi une fille est à plaindre pour son père, car elle est sans cesse cause d’un chagrin qui s’accroît.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ; ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘अतः/तस्माद् हेतोः’ (from that/therefore)

• कन्या: a daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शोच्या: lamentable; to be grieved for
• शोच्या: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोच्य (प्रातिपदिक; √शुच् (धातु) + यत् प्रत्यय, ‘to be lamented’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• दुःखविवर्धिनी: increasing sorrow
• दुःखविवर्धिनी: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक; √वृध् (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘दुःखस्य विवर्धिनी’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative setting)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (a son of Pāṇḍu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father sits in a modest household setting, head bowed in worry, speaking about the burdens of a daughter’s future; the atmosphere is heavy, intimate, and moralizing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores gṛhastha-dharma: the father must act with compassion and responsibility toward his daughter, recognizing the worldly anxieties tied to her welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this single verse; it functions as a general dharmic statement within the Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse; there is no explicit mention of dāna, snāna, japa, vrata, or tīrtha-yātrā here.