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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

यत्र भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परविरोधिनौ । सह भूतैर्गृहं तस्य विश त्वं भयवर्ज्जिता

yatra bhāryā ca bhartā ca parasparavirodhinau | saha bhūtairgṛhaṃ tasya viśa tvaṃ bhayavarjjitā

Di mana isteri dan suami saling bermusuhan—masuklah ke rumah itu bersama para bhūta; melangkahlah tanpa rasa takut.

यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
भर्ताhusband
भर्ता:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
परस्पर-विरोधिनौmutually opposed
परस्पर-विरोधिनौ:
Karta (Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + विरोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (परस्परस्य विरोधी); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘भर्ता’ and ‘भार्या’)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)
भूतैःwith beings/spirits
भूतैः:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd); बहुवचन
गृहम्house
गृहम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन
तस्यof that (man)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विशenter
विश:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
भय-वर्जिताfree from fear
भय-वर्जिता:
Karta (Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (भयेन वर्जिता/भयवर्जिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘त्वम्’)

Skanda (deduced; continuing the same spirit-addressed instruction sequence)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Listener: null

Scene: A house split by argument: husband and wife turned away from each other, harsh gestures; smoky shadows gather in corners as bhūtas enter together, emboldened by the discord.

B
Bhūta (spirits)
B
Bhāryā (wife)
B
Bhartā (husband)

FAQs

Household harmony is dharma; persistent marital hostility is portrayed as creating a space for destructive influences.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where right living is presented as the true way to dwell in a sanctified landscape.

No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is reconciliation and dharmic household conduct as spiritual safeguarding.