Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

पतिपुत्रकृतं दुःखं न सा प्राप्स्यति कर्हिचित् । मदालये तु या नारी तुलापुरुषसंज्ञितम्

Transliteration

patiputrakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ na sā prāpsyati karhicit | madālaye tu yā nārī tulāpuruṣasaṃjñitam

Translation

ความทุกข์ที่เกิดเพราะสามีหรือบุตร นางนั้นจักไม่ประสบเลย. และสตรีใดในอาศรมของเรา กระทำพิธีที่เรียกว่า ‘ตุลาปุรุษะ’—

Word by Word

• pati: husband
• pati: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासपूर्वपद

• putra: son
• putra: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासपूर्वपद

• kṛtam: done/caused by husband/son
• kṛtam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पतिपुत्रकृतम्’ = पत्या पुत्रेण वा कृतम्

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāpsyati: will obtain/experience
• prāpsyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः प्र-

• karhicit: ever, at any time
• karhicit: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: karhicit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-पूर्वपद-रूपेण; ‘मद्’ = मम

• ālaye: in (my) abode/temple
• ālaye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• yā: who (she who)
• yā: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tulā: balance/scale
• tulā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासपूर्वपद

• puruṣa: man/person
• puruṣa: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण समासमध्यपद

• saṃjñitam: named ‘Tulāpuruṣa’
• saṃjñitam: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक) + ita (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘saṃjñita’ = नामित/संज्ञापित; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तुलापुरुषसंज्ञितम्’ = तुलापुरुष-नामकं (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूह)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from ‘madālaye’ and the continuing phala-śruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī/Śakti-ālaya at Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: नरोत्तम (addressed interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the deity’s temple precinct, a woman devotee is shown approaching a ceremonial weighing rite; the atmosphere is protective, promising freedom from household grief.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mad-ālaya (Śiva’s abode/temple)
• Tulāpuruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Temple-centered devotion and dharmic giving are portrayed as shields against household suffering and sources of auspicious stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Madālaya—Śiva’s abode—indicating the sanctity of performing vows and charity within a Śiva temple precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Tulāpuruṣa rite is referenced as a named observance performed in Śiva’s abode (the sentence continues beyond this verse).