Shloka 65 - Adhyaya 7 - Dharmaranya Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | Telugu | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

परलोकस्त्वयं लोको जीयते भार्यया द्वयम् । देवपित्रतिथीनां च तृप्तिः स्याद्भार्यया गृहे । गृहस्थः स तु विज्ञेयो गृहे यस्य पतिव्रता

Transliteration

paralokastvayaṃ loko jīyate bhāryayā dvayam | devapitratithīnāṃ ca tṛptiḥ syādbhāryayā gṛhe | gṛhasthaḥ sa tu vijñeyo gṛhe yasya pativratā

Translation

ఈ లోకమూ పరలోకమూ—రెండూ భార్య ద్వారానే నిలుస్తాయి. ఇంటిలో దేవతలు, పితృదేవతలు, అతిథుల తృప్తి కూడా భార్య వల్లనే కలుగుతుంది. ఎవరి ఇంటిలో పతివ్రత భార్య ఉంటుందో, అతడే నిజమైన గృహస్థుడు.

Word by Word

परलोकःthe other world; afterlife

तुbut; indeed

अयम्this

लोकःworld

जीयतेis won; is attained

भार्ययाby the wife

द्वयम्both (twofold: this world and the next)

देवपितृतिथीनाम्of gods, ancestors, and guests

चand

तृप्तिःsatisfaction; contentment

स्यात्may be; would be

भार्ययाby the wife

गृहेin the house

गृहस्थःhouseholder

सःhe; that person

तुindeed; however

विज्ञेयःto be known; should be recognized

गृहेin the house

यस्यwhose

पतिव्रताa devoted wife (faithful to her husband)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic teacher-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A home altar with offerings; wife serving food and water to a guest, while pitṛ-tarpaṇa vessels and deva-lamp signify satisfaction of gods and ancestors through household order.

Characters & Entities

Deva

Pitṛ

Atithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gṛhastha-dharma is upheld through the wife’s presence and virtue—enabling offerings, hospitality, and continuity that benefit both worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse glorifies the home itself as a dharma-field when ordered by pativratā-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies household duties that satisfy devas, pitṛs, and guests (offerings and hospitality), though no single procedure is detailed.