Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यथा ते वशगो भर्त्ता संजातः कामदः सदा । मनसापि न संदध्यान्नारीमेष कथंचन

Transliteration

yathā te vaśago bharttā saṃjātaḥ kāmadaḥ sadā | manasāpi na saṃdadhyānnārīmeṣa kathaṃcana

Translation

നിന്റെ ഭർത്താവ് നിന്റെ വശഗനായി, എപ്പോഴും നിന്റെ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ നിറവേറ്റുന്നവനായി, കൂടാതെ മനസ്സുകൊണ്ടും യാതൊരു വിധത്തിലും മറ്റൊരു സ്ത്രീയിലേക്കു തിരിയാതിരിക്കേണ്ടതിന്നായി.

Word by Word

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as/how)

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वशगः: submissive/under control
• वशगः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वशे गतः)

• भर्त्ता: husband
• भर्त्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• संजातः: become/arisen
• संजातः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• कामदः: wish-granting
• कामदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कामं ददाति)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नित्यत्ववाचक

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक (even/also)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• संदध्यात्: should think/attend to
• संदध्यात्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नारीम्: (another) woman
• नारीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative)

• कथंचन: in any manner
• कथंचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (in any way)

Speaker

A woman petitioner (continuing request; speaker not explicitly tagged in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The counselor describes the desired transformation: the husband attentive and devoted, the wife serene; a symbolic motif of a tied sacred thread or lamp between them indicating vow and fidelity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household harmony is tied to mastery of desire and mental restraint; dharma begins in the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned in this verse; it functions as a lead-in to a secret instruction within the chapter’s tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not stated here; the verse frames the intended fruit of a forthcoming observance/teaching.