Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

काणा च विमुखा वापि कुरूपापि च जायते । बाह्यादायांतमालोक्य त्वरिता च जलासनैः । तांबूलैर्व्यजनैश्चैव पादसंवाहनादिभिः

Transliteration

kāṇā ca vimukhā vāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate | bāhyādāyāṃtamālokya tvaritā ca jalāsanaiḥ | tāṃbūlairvyajanaiścaiva pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ

Translation

นางอาจเกิดเป็นคนตาข้างเดียว หรือมีอาการเมินเฉย หรือแม้กระทั่งอัปลักษณ์ แต่เมื่อเห็นสามีกลับมาจากภายนอก พึงรีบออกไปต้อนรับด้วยน้ำและที่นั่ง พร้อมหมากพลู พัด และการปรนนิบัติ เช่น นวดเท้าเป็นต้น

Word by Word

• kāṇā: one-eyed
• kāṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction ‘and’)

• vimukhā: turned away, averse
• vimukhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (also/even)

• kurūpā: ugly
• kurūpā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• jāyate: becomes/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bāhyāt: from outside
• bāhyāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘from outside’ (ablative used adverbially)

• āyāntam: (him) coming
• āyāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘coming’

• ālokya: having seen
• ālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having looked/seen’

• tvaritā: hurried
• tvaritā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• jalāsanaiḥ: with water and seats (water/refreshments)
• jalāsanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (jala ‘water’ + āsana ‘seat’)

• tāṃbūlaiḥ: with betel (offerings)
• tāṃbūlaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāṃbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• vyajanaiḥ: with fans
• vyajanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyajana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ: with foot-massage and the like
• pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda-saṃvāhana-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः: (pāda ‘feet’ + saṃvāhana ‘massage’ + ādi ‘etc.’)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying dharma-teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A doorway scene: husband arriving from outside; wife hastens forward with a water pot and a low seat, offering betel leaves, waving a fan, then kneading his feet—domestic service rendered with ritual dignity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It links respectful service and attentive hospitality with auspiciousness, and disrespect with karmic blemish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is about household conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical code of welcome: offering water, a seat, betel, fanning, and foot-massage.