Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तथा स्त्रीणां पतिं मुक्त्वा नान्यास्ति भुवि देवता । जनन्यां जीवमानायां तथैव च सुतस्य च

Transliteration

tathā strīṇāṃ patiṃ muktvā nānyāsti bhuvi devatā | jananyāṃ jīvamānāyāṃ tathaiva ca sutasya ca

Translation

അതുപോലെ സ്ത്രീകൾക്കു ഭർത്താവിനെ വിട്ടാൽ ഭൂമിയിൽ മറ്റൊരു ദേവതയില്ല. അതുപോലെ മാതാവ് ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നിടത്തോളം പുത്രനും (മാതാവേ പരമാധികാരം).

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise, similarly
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• मुक्त्वा: having abandoned
• मुक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having left/abandoned’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अन्या: another (one)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd sg present

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• देवता: deity, god
• देवता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• जनन्याम्: in/when (one’s) mother
• जनन्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• जीवमानायाम्: while living, alive
• जीवमानायाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव् (धातु) → जीवमान (शतृ/शानच्-वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शानच् (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular; जनन्याम् इति विशेषणम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुतस्य: of the son
• सुतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parallel tableau: a devoted wife near her husband (as her ‘deity’) and a son revering his living mother; emphasis on service and hierarchy within dharma.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches reverence to the closest dharmic authority: the husband for a wife, and the living mother for a son.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma maxim within a pilgrimage-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is relational dharma—pati-sevā and mātṛ-sevā.