Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अरुन्धत्युवाच । करोतु पत्युः पूर्वं सा भोजनं शयनं तथा । नारी दुष्टसमाचारा बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या

Transliteration

arundhatyuvāca | karotu patyuḥ pūrvaṃ sā bhojanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā | nārī duṣṭasamācārā bisastainyaṃ karoti yā

Translation

Arundhatī déclara : «La femme qui commet le bisastainya devient de conduite corrompue : elle mange et se couche avant son époux, sans respecter la bienséance».

Word by Word

• अरुन्धती: Arundhatī
• अरुन्धती: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arundhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• करोतु: let her do
• करोतु: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पत्युः: of the husband
• पत्युः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: first/beforehand
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of order)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भोजनम्: food/meal
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शयनम्: bed/sleeping arrangement
• शयनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Nipāta/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (thus/also)

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुष्टसमाचारा: of wicked conduct
• दुष्टसमाचारा: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (नारी-विशेषण)

• बिसस्तैन्यम्: theft of lotus-stalks
• बिसस्तैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bisa + stainya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करोति: commits
• करोति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• या: who (female)
• या: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Arundhatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arundhatī, exemplar of chastity and household virtue, addresses an assembly; behind her, a contrasting vignette shows a woman eating first and reclining while the husband waits—an emblem of inverted propriety and corrupted conduct.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Husband (pati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wrongdoing is said to manifest as disregard for dharmic decorum within family life and relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the māhātmya setting; this verse itself centers on conduct rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of behavioral consequence, not a rite.