Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा । न त्याज्या दयिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते

Transliteration

balātkāropabhuktā vā corahastagatāpi vā | na tyājyā dayitā nārī nāsyāstyāgo vidhīyate

Translation

പ്രിയയായ സ്ത്രീ ബലാൽസംഗംകൊണ്ട് അപമാനിതയായാലും, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കള്ളരുടെ കൈയിൽപ്പെട്ടാലും, അവളെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കരുത്; അവളുടെ ത്യാഗം വിധിയായി നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചിട്ടില്ല.

Word by Word

• बलात्कारोपभुक्ता: violated/forced upon
• बलात्कारोपभुक्ता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलात्कार-उपभुक्त (कृदन्त; उप-√भुज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (बलात्कारात्/बलात्कारस्य उपभुक्ता) ; विशेषणम् (नारी)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

• चोरहस्तगता: fallen into a thief’s hands
• चोरहस्तगता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चोर-हस्त-गत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √गम् (धातु) + क्त/गत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (चोरस्य हस्ते गता) ; विशेषणम् (नारी)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• त्याज्या: to be abandoned
• त्याज्या: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु) (त्याज्य-तव्यत् कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विधेय-विशेषण (gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’)

• दयिता: beloved
• दयिता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नारी)

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

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम; अस्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• त्यागः: abandonment
• त्यागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधीयते: is prescribed/ordained
• विधीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) (वि-√धा)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate household scene: a distressed woman is sheltered by her husband/family while elders and a priest counsel protection and justice; the Gaṅgā-side cityscape of Kāśī is faintly visible, underscoring dharma amid suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Thieves (Cora)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes compassion and steadfast household duty, rejecting abandonment of the victim of violence or coercion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī dharma discourse forms the setting; no individual tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; it gives a moral-legal injunction regarding non-abandonment.