Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

विस्तीर्णहृदया योषा पुंश्चली निर्दया तथा । उद्भिन्नरोमहृदया पतिं हंति विनिश्चितम्

Transliteration

vistīrṇahṛdayā yoṣā puṃścalī nirdayā tathā | udbhinnaromahṛdayā patiṃ haṃti viniścitam

Translation

ရင်ဘတ်အလွန်ကျယ်သော အမျိုးသမီးသည် စိတ်မတည်ငြိမ်တတ်ပြီး သနားကြင်နာမှုကင်းမဲ့ကာ ရင်ဘတ်မွေးရှိသူသည် ခင်ပွန်းကို ပျက်စီးစေသည်။

Word by Word

• विस्तीर्णहृदया: broad-hearted/broad-chested
• विस्तीर्णहृदया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्तीर्ण (वि- + स्तॄ/स्तृ (धातु), क्त) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (विस्तीर्णं हृदयम् यस्याः) (fem. nom. sg.)

• योषा: a woman
• योषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (woman)

• पुंश्चली: unchaste; fickle with men
• पुंश्चली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुं- (प्रातिपदिक) + चली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुंसु चलति/पुंषां प्रति चलनशीला) (fem. nom. sg.)

• निर्दया: merciless
• निर्दया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.), 'without compassion'

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/also)

• उद्भिन्नरोमहृदया: having bristling hair on the chest/heart-region
• उद्भिन्नरोमहृदया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्- (उपसर्ग) + भिद् (धातु), क्त + रोम (प्रातिपदिक) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उद्भिन्नं रोम हृदये/हृदयप्रदेशे यस्याः) (fem. nom. sg.)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (m. acc. sg.)

• हंति: kills
• हंति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 'kills/strikes'

• विनिश्चितम्: certainly
• विनिश्चितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) + नि- (उपसर्ग) + चि (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं (past participle used adverbially): 'certainly/decidedly'

Speaker

Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark moral tableau: the ‘broad chest’ and ‘bristling hair’ are rendered symbolically (e.g., exaggerated lines), with a threatened household lamp to signify danger to marital stability.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reflects the genre of ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa, using traditional omens to caution about conduct and household stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, but this verse itself is not tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.