Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
पौंश्चल्यादतिचापल्यादज्ञानाच्च स्वभावतः । रक्षिता यत्नतो ह्येता विकुर्वंति हि भर्तृषु
Transliteration
pauṃścalyādaticāpalyādajñānācca svabhāvataḥ | rakṣitā yatnato hyetā vikurvaṃti hi bhartṛṣu
Translation
«От распущенности, от чрезмерной переменчивости и от неведения, рожденного природой, — хотя их и стерегут с усердием, — эти женщины всё же ведут себя прихотливо по отношению к мужьям.»
Word by Word
pauṃścalyātfrom promiscuity; wantonness
pauṃścalyāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootpauṃścalya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
ati-cāpalyātfrom excessive fickleness
ati-cāpalyāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootati (अव्यय) + cāpalya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ajñānātfrom ignorance
ajñānāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
svabhāvataḥby nature
svabhāvataḥ:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘from/by nature’)
rakṣitāḥprotected; guarded
rakṣitāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootrakṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘etāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
yatnataḥcarefully; with effort
yatnataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverb: with effort)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
etāḥthese (women)
etāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
vikurvantiact perversely; misbehave; change
vikurvanti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-kṛ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
bhartṛṣutowards/among husbands
bhartṛṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
Speaker
Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) (quoting/recalling traditional verses)
Characters & Entities
K
Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)FAQs
Household life demands vigilance and discernment; uncontrolled tendencies and ignorance disrupt fidelity and harmony.
The chapter sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; this particular verse is ethical/proverbial rather than site-descriptive.
None; it is a moral observation framed as a remembered saying.