Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

गुरूंश्चाप्यवमन्यंते न तु रामजनार्दनौ । भार्याः पतीन्व्युच्चरंति पत्नीश्च पुरुषास्तथा

Transliteration

gurūṃścāpyavamanyaṃte na tu rāmajanārdanau | bhāryāḥ patīnvyuccaraṃti patnīśca puruṣāstathā

Translation

Ils en vinrent même à mépriser les anciens et les maîtres—mais non Rāma ni Janārdana. Les épouses parlaient durement à leurs maris, et les maris de même à leurs épouses.

Word by Word

• गुरून्: elders/teachers
• गुरून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• अवमन्यन्ते: they disrespect/insult
• अवमन्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (but/however)

• रामजनार्दनौ: Rama and Janardana (Krishna)
• रामजनार्दनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative): रामः + जनार्दनः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• भार्याः: wives
• भार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पतीन्: husbands
• पतीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• व्युच्चरन्ति: speak out against/utter harshly
• व्युच्चरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + उत् + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• पत्नीः: wives
• पत्नीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• पुरुषाः: men
• पुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic-civic tableau in Prabhāsa: elders and teachers slighted, couples exchanging harsh words; in the background, serene icons of Rāma and Janārdana remain unsullied, suggesting the lone axis of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward gurus and discord in household life are signs of dharmic decline; the righteous remain steady like Rāma and Janārdana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa frames social disharmony as a prelude to sacred-history events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is ethical—guru-respect and harmony in gṛhastha-dharma.