Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

परभार्या भ्रातृभार्या गौः स्नुषा कन्यका तथा । अभिगामी परद्वेषी तथा धर्मप्रदूषकः

Transliteration

parabhāryā bhrātṛbhāryā gauḥ snuṣā kanyakā tathā | abhigāmī paradveṣī tathā dharmapradūṣakaḥ

Translation

പരസ്ത്രീ, സഹോദരന്റെ ഭാര്യ, പശു, മരുമകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കന്യയെ സമീപിക്കുന്നവൻ; പരദ്വേഷി, ധർമ്മം ദൂഷിക്കുന്നവൻ—

Word by Word

• परभार्या: another man’s wife
• परभार्या: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परस्य भार्या)

• भ्रातृभार्या: brother’s wife
• भ्रातृभार्या: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भ्रातुः भार्या)

• गौः: cow
• गौः: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्नुषा: daughter-in-law
• स्नुषा: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कन्यका: young girl/maiden
• कन्यका: Karma/Visheṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• अभिगामी: one who approaches for illicit intercourse
• अभिगामी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि + गम् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (अभि-गम् धातोः कर्तरि णिनि/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• परद्वेषी: hater of others
• परद्वेषी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (द्विष्-धातोः कर्तरि णिनि/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त 'द्वेषी'), समासः कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (परं द्वेष्टि)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• धर्मप्रदूषकः: corrupter of dharma
• धर्मप्रदूषकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र + दूष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (प्र-दूष् धातोः कर्तरि ण्वुल्/अ-प्रत्ययान्त 'दूषक'), समासः कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मं प्रदूषयति)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee haunted by shadow-figures of illicit desire and hatred stands before the river; as he bows to the śūla-mark, the shadows dissolve into calm light; sages sprinkle water and recite śiva-nāma.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through restraint, non-harm, and reverence for social bonds; violating them is treated as deeply defiling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha is the implied purifier in this phalaśruti list.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it continues the enumeration of sins addressed by the tīrtha’s efficacy.