Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्य भार्याऽभवत्साध्वी कुलीना शीलमंडना । तथाभूतमपि प्रायः सा पश्यति यथा स्मरम्

Transliteration

tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī kulīnā śīlamaṃḍanā | tathābhūtamapi prāyaḥ sā paśyati yathā smaram

Translation

その妻は貞淑なるサードヴィーで、良き家柄に生まれ、善き行いを飾りとしていた。彼がそのように苦しむ身となっても、彼女は多くの場合、愛しき夫として彼を見つめ続けた。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• साध्वी: virtuous
• साध्वी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुलीना: of noble family
• कुलीना: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शील-मण्डना: whose ornament is good conduct
• शील-मण्डना: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शील (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘शीलं मण्डनं यस्याः’ इति बहुव्रीहिवत् अर्थः, रूपतः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (descriptive)

• तथा-भूतम्: such (a one), in that condition
• तथा-भूतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + भूत (भू धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तथा’ इति उपपदपूर्वकं ‘भूत’ विशेषणम्

• अपि: even, although
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अप्यर्थे/समुच्चय

• प्रायः: generally, mostly
• प्रायः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रायः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘generally/mostly’ अर्थे

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees/regards
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/like)

• स्मरम्: Kāma (the god of love)
• स्मरम्: Upamana/Karma (उपमान/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṭaṃkapura / Hāṭakeśvara narrative-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble, composed wife tends to her leprous husband with tenderness; her gaze is affectionate, treating him as her beloved despite his condition; domestic setting with hints of sacredness (lamp, water pot).

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa's wife (sādhvī)
• Smara (as love imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast virtue and compassionate loyalty are upheld as dharma, especially amid suffering and misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the verse supports the tīrtha narrative by portraying the devotee household whose later actions lead into the Hāṭakeśvara/Bhāskara māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it highlights ethical dharma (śīla, sādhvī-bhāva) rather than a formal rite.