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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पितृगेहे तु या कन्या रजः पश्येदसंस्कृता । भ्रूणहा तत्पिता ज्ञेयो वृषली सापि कन्यका

Transliteration

pitṛgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyedasaṃskṛtā | bhrūṇahā tatpitā jñeyo vṛṣalī sāpi kanyakā

Translation

បើក្មេងស្រីនៅក្នុងផ្ទះឪពុក ដែលមិនទាន់បានបំពេញសំស្ការ​ត្រឹមត្រូវ (មិនទាន់រៀបការ) បានឃើញរដូវ, ឪពុកនាងត្រូវចាត់ទុកថាជា «អ្នកសម្លាប់ភ胎» ហើយក្មេងស្រីនោះផងដែរ ត្រូវគេហៅថា វ្រឹសលី (ធ្លាក់ស្ថានភាព)។

Word by Word
पितृगेहेin the father’s house
पितृगेहे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पितुः गेहे’)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (contrastive particle)
याwho (a certain)
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
कन्याgirl, maiden
कन्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
रजःmenstrual flow
रजः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पश्येत्should see/experiences (i.e., gets)
पश्येत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
असंस्कृताunmarried/unsanctified
असंस्कृता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + संस्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (‘not consecrated/unsanctified’, i.e., unmarried)
भ्रूणहाslayer of an embryo
भ्रूणहा:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रूण (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु) → हन्-प्रातिपदिक ‘हा’
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘भ्रूणं हन्ति’ इति)
तत्that (her)
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (पिता इति विशेष्य)
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ज्ञेयःis to be known (as)
ज्ञेयः:
Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त) → ज्ञेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/विधेय (‘to be known/considered’)
वृषलीa śūdra-woman (vṛṣalī)
वृषली:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; जातिवाचक
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (inclusive/emphatic particle)
कन्यकाa girl (maiden)
कन्यका:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried father in a traditional household setting, elders counseling, the daughter in a private chamber symbolically indicated (curtain/threshold), with a moralizing narrator presence; the atmosphere is admonitory rather than celebratory.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

The verse stresses the traditional duty of guardians to ensure timely life-cycle rites; neglect is portrayed as a grave moral failing.

It is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; the emphasis is ethical conduct within the Kāśī Māhātmya setting rather than a named micro-tīrtha.

A traditional insistence on completing appropriate saṃskāras (contextually, marriage-related consecration) in due time.

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