Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

रूपं कुष्ठरुजाविष्टं कुलं नश्यति कुस्त्रिया । इति सर्वे समालोच्य समेताः पतिसोदराः

Transliteration

rūpaṃ kuṣṭharujāviṣṭaṃ kulaṃ naśyati kustriyā | iti sarve samālocya sametāḥ patisodarāḥ

Translation

“Kecantikan diselubungi derita kusta; dan keturunan binasa kerana wanita durjana.” Setelah bermusyawarah demikian, semua saudara lelaki si suami pun berhimpun bersama.

Word by Word

• रूपम्: beauty, form
• रूपम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुष्ठरुजाविष्टम्: afflicted by leprosy-disease
• कुष्ठरुजाविष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ-रुजा-आविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) = कुष्ठ + रुजा + आविष्ट(आ√विश् क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘आविष्ट’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifies रूपम्; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘कुष्ठरुजा’ (द्वन्द्व-भावार्थ) + आविष्ट

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नश्यति: perishes
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कुस्त्रिया: by a bad woman
• कुस्त्रिया: Karana (Cause/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) = कु + स्त्री
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental of cause/association

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/quotative)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — pronoun/adjective used substantively

• समालोच्य: having deliberated
• समालोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + लुच्/लोच् (धातु) → समालोच्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/gerund), अव्ययभाव — absolutive ‘having deliberated’

• समेताः: assembled, gathered
• समेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — agrees with पतिसोदराः

• पतिसोदराः: husband’s brothers
• पतिसोदराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिसोदर (प्रातिपदिक) = पति + सोदर
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘husband’s brothers’

Speaker

Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of the husband’s brothers, faces stern and troubled, discussing ominous consequences—leprosy as a symbolic specter and the shadow of family ruin looming.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household dharma is portrayed as fragile: unethical conduct within the home is said to bring suffering and ruin to the lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned; the verse is part of a moral-narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes deliberation and social consequence, not a ritual.