Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
Devanagari script
या भर्तारं परित्यज्य रहश्चरति दुर्मतिः । उलूकी जायते क्रूरा वृक्षकोटरशायिनी
Transliteration
yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ | ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī
Translation
जी दुर्मती स्त्री पतीला सोडून गुप्तपणे फिरते, ती क्रूर उलूकी (मादी घुबड) होऊन जन्मते आणि वृक्षांच्या पोकळीत शयन करते।
Word by Word
yāshe who
yā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)
bhartāramhusband
bhartāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
parityajyahaving abandoned
parityajya:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpari-tyaj (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया
rahaḥsecretly
rahaḥ:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootrahas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्यय (adverb: 'secretly/in private')
caratimoves about, behaves
carati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
durmatiḥthe ill-minded woman
durmatiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdurmati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
ulūkīa female owl
ulūkī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootulūkī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
jāyateis born, becomes
jāyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
krūrācruel
krūrā:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण
vṛkṣa-koṭara-śāyinīdwelling in tree-hollows
vṛkṣa-koṭara-śāyinī:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootvṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭara (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyinī (शे/शी धातु से कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (tree-hollow-dwelling), विशेषण
Speaker
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A shadowed forest edge at dusk: a woman moving furtively away from a household; in the next vignette, a fierce she-owl (ulūkī) perched at a tree hollow, embodying the karmic transformation.
FAQs
It warns that betrayal and secret misconduct against household dharma lead to painful karmic consequences.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a karmic warning rather than a ritual instruction.