Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अरुंधत्युवाच । करोतु पत्युः पूर्वं सा भोजनं शयनं तथा । नारी दुष्टसमाचारा बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या

Transliteration

aruṃdhatyuvāca | karotu patyuḥ pūrvaṃ sā bhojanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā | nārī duṣṭasamācārā bisastainyaṃ karoti yā

Translation

ອະຣຸນທະຕີ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃຫ້ນາງຮັບໃຊ້ສາມີກ່ອນ ຈັດອາຫານ ແລະ ທີ່ນອນໃຫ້ພ້ອມ. ຍິງຜູ້ໃດປະພຶດຊົ່ວ ແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ລັກກ້ານບົວ (ບິສະ)»។

Word by Word

• अरुन्धती: Arundhatī
• अरुन्धती: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करोतु: let (her) do
• करोतु: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पत्युः: of (her) husband
• पत्युः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: first/beforehand
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time/order)

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

• भोजनम्: food/meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शयनम्: bed/sleeping arrangement
• शयनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (conjunctive/adverb)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुष्टसमाचारा: of wicked conduct
• दुष्टसमाचारा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट + समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of नारी)

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

• करोति: does/commits
• करोति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who (female)
• या: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Arundhatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arundhatī instructs women in a hermitage; a domestic scene shows a wife preparing food and bedding for her husband; the lotus-pond theft motif appears as a cautionary inset.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• pati (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches dharma through disciplined household conduct—prioritizing service and responsibility, and condemning even seemingly small acts of theft as adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, but the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No snāna, dāna, japa, or vrata is prescribed here; the verse gives an ethical injunction (ācāra) regarding marital duty and prohibition of theft.