Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

चण्डोवाच । स्वामिनः प्रतिकूलास्तु धर्मद्वेषं करोतु च । साधुद्वेषपरा चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या

Transliteration

caṇḍovāca | svāminaḥ pratikūlāstu dharmadveṣaṃ karotu ca | sādhudveṣaparā caiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yā

Translation

Caṇḍa déclara : «La femme qui commet le bisastainya devient hostile à son maître (ou à son époux), nourrit de la haine pour le dharma et s’attache tout particulièrement à mépriser les vertueux».

Word by Word

• चण्डः: Caṇḍa (name)
• चण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वामिनः: of the master/lord
• स्वामिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रतिकूलाः: hostile, adverse
• प्रतिकूलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• धर्मद्वेषम्: hatred of dharma
• धर्मद्वेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य द्वेषः)

• करोतु: let (him/her) do
• करोतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• साधुद्वेषपरा: devoted to hating the virtuous
• साधुद्वेषपरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु + द्वेष + परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-सदृश प्रयोगः (साधूनां द्वेषे परा = devoted to hating the good)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• बिसस्तैन्यम्: theft of lotus-stalks
• बिसस्तैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिस + स्तैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बिसस्य स्तैन्यम् = theft of lotus-stalks)

• करोति: does/commits
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Caṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍa speaks sternly; a narrative vignette shows a woman turning angrily away from her husband/master, rejecting ritual acts, and pointing in contempt at saffron-clad sādhus—embodying dharma- and sādhu-dveṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍa
• Dharma
• Sādhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is portrayed as turning the heart against dharma itself and against those who embody virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the textual setting; the verse’s emphasis is on moral transformation rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is mentioned; it is a karmic characterization.