Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
भवादृशानां साधूनां साधूनां तस्य त्यागो विगर्हितः । प्रतिश्रुता त्वया लब्धा तदा कालमियं मया
Transliteration
bhavādṛśānāṃ sādhūnāṃ sādhūnāṃ tasya tyāgo vigarhitaḥ | pratiśrutā tvayā labdhā tadā kālamiyaṃ mayā
Translation
「あなたのような善きサードゥにとって、このような放棄は非難されるべきである。彼女はその時、あなたの約束によって私のものとなった。今、時至り、私はそれを受け取るために来た。」
Word by Word
bhavādṛśānāmof people like you
bhavādṛśānām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat-ādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भवतः आदृशः (like you); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
sādhūnāmof the virtuous
sādhūnām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
sādhūnāmof the virtuous
sādhūnām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
tasyaof that / his
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
tyāgaḥabandonment
tyāgaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vigarhitaḥis censured
vigarhitaḥ:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-garh (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)
pratiśrutāpromised
pratiśrutā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-śru (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन
labdhāobtained
labdhā:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootlabh (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (time adverb): तस्मिन् काले (then)
kālamtime
kālam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
iyamthis
iyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
mayāby me
mayā:
Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन
Speaker
The cursed petitioner (unnamed in the snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The speaker respectfully yet firmly admonishes a revered ‘good man’ figure, pointing to the moral stain of abandonment; the sense is of honor being tested in public view.
FAQs
The virtuous are held to higher standards: breaking one’s pledged commitment is socially and spiritually censured.
None is specified.
None; it is an ethical argument about the impropriety of abandoning a promise.