Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

जलांतरप्रविष्टस्य तस्य पत्नी महाव्रता । तस्यैव तीरे सरसस्तत्परा मौनमाश्रिता

Transliteration

jalāṃtarapraviṣṭasya tasya patnī mahāvratā | tasyaiva tīre sarasastatparā maunamāśritā

Translation

Когда её супруг вошёл в воды, его жена — стойкая в великом обете — осталась на самом берегу того озера, всецело устремлённая к нему и соблюдая обет молчания.

Word by Word

• जलान्तरप्रविष्टस्य: of (him) who had entered the water
• जलान्तरप्रविष्टस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल + अन्तर + प्रविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; प्रविष्ट = कृदन्त, √विश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘प्रविष्ट’ (entered); तत्पुरुष-समास (जलान्तरं प्रविष्टः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाव्रता: of great vow
• महाव्रता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महद् व्रतं यस्याः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (particle: indeed/only)

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सरसः: of the lake
• सरसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्परा: devoted to him
• तत्परा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्मिन् परा/तत्परा = devoted to him/that)

• मौनम्: silence
• मौनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आश्रिता: having adopted
• आश्रिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘आश्रिता’ = having resorted to/undertaken

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: सरस्-तीर (unnamed)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the quiet bank of a lotus-filled lake, the wife sits or stands in silent vow, eyes fixed on the waters where her husband is submerged; her posture is unwavering, conveying devotion and inner heat of tapas.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion and restraint (mauna) are presented as powerful forms of tapas aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred lake (sarasa) is implied, but the specific tīrtha name is not given in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of mauna (silence) as a vow, undertaken on the bank of the lake in devotion.