Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
परदारपरित्यागात्स्वदारपरितुष्टितः । ऋतुकालाभिगामित्वाद्ब्रह्मचारी गृहीरितः
Transliteration
paradāraparityāgātsvadāraparituṣṭitaḥ | ṛtukālābhigāmitvādbrahmacārī gṛhīritaḥ
Translation
ಪರಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ, ಸ್ವಸ್ತ್ರೀಯಲ್ಲೇ ತೃಪ್ತನಾಗಿ, ಋತುಕಾಲದಲ್ಲೇ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಸಮೀಪಿಸುವ ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನೂ ‘ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Word by Word
परदारपरित्यागात्from renouncing others’ wives
परदारपरित्यागात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootपर-दार + परि-त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; परस्य दाराः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + परित्यागः; हेतौ (from abandoning others’ wives)
स्वदारपरितुष्टितःfrom being content with one’s own wife
स्वदारपरितुष्टितः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व-दार + परि-तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘परितुष्टि’ शब्दः, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; स्वस्य दाराः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; हेतौ (from contentment with one’s own wife)
ऋतुकालाभिगामित्वात्from approaching (the wife) only at the proper season
ऋतुकालाभिगामित्वात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु-काल + अभि-गामि + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘अभिगामित्व’ = अभिगमनशीलता; ऋतुकाले अभिगामित्वम् इति तत्पुरुष; हेतौ (from approaching only in the fertile period)
ब्रह्मचारीa brahmacārin (celibate student)
ब्रह्मचारी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (as a designation)
गृहीa householder
गृही:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ईरितःis declared/called
ईरितः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘उक्तः/कथितः’ (is said/called)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Characters & Entities
G
GṛhasthaB
BrahmacaryaD
Dāra (spouse)FAQs
Brahmacarya can mean disciplined fidelity and restraint—especially for householders—rather than mere abstinence.
No specific tīrtha is named; it is a dharma teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered narrative setting.
A behavioral prescription: avoid another’s spouse, be content with one’s own, and practice restraint by proper timing (ṛtukāla).