Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मुनेः पत्न्योऽपदिष्टं यत्सोमवारव्रतं शुभम् । न तत्याज शुभाचारा वैधव्यं प्राप्तवत्यपि

Transliteration

muneḥ patnyo'padiṣṭaṃ yatsomavāravrataṃ śubham | na tatyāja śubhācārā vaidhavyaṃ prāptavatyapi

Translation

พรตวันจันทร์อันเป็นมงคลที่ภรรยาของฤๅษีได้สั่งสอน นางผู้ประพฤติดีมิได้ละทิ้ง แม้เมื่อความเป็นหม้ายมาถึงแล้วก็ตาม

Word by Word

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पत्न्यः: wives
• पत्न्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अपदिष्टम्: prescribed / instructed
• अपदिष्टम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपदिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अप-√दिश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)

• सोमवारव्रतम्: the Monday vow
• सोमवारव्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमवारस्य व्रतम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• तत्याज: she abandoned
• तत्याज: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुभाचारा: of good conduct
• शुभाचारा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + आचार (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुभः आचारः यस्याः)

• वैधव्यम्: widowhood
• वैधव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्तवती: having obtained/attained
• प्राप्तवती: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्तवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्तवत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The widow performs Monday vow: seated before a Śiva-liṅga, offering bilva leaves and water, with a simple lamp; sage’s wives (elder women) appear as instructing figures in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage, unnamed)
• Wives of the sage (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True vrata is steadiness: sacred discipline is not abandoned when life turns painful; dharma is sustained through continuity of practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse; the focus is on vrata-mahattva (the greatness of a vow).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāra-vrata (the Monday vow) is referenced as an auspicious observance taught by the sage’s wives.