Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत् । भर्ता देवो गुरुर्भर्ता धर्मतीर्थव्रतानि च । तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य पतिमेकं समर्चयेत्

Transliteration

amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet | bhartā devo gururbhartā dharmatīrthavratāni ca | tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayet

Translation

ผู้ใดเล่าจะไม่บูชาสามี ผู้เป็นผู้เกื้อหนุนอันไพบูลย์? สามีดุจเทพ; สามีดุจครู (คุรุ); และสามีนั่นเองคือธรรมะ เป็นตirtha และเป็นวัตรปฏิบัติทั้งหลาย ดังนั้นละสิ่งอื่นทั้งหมดแล้ว พึงสักการะสามีเพียงผู้เดียวเป็นหน้าที่สูงสุด

Word by Word

• amitasya: of immeasurable (wealth/giving)
• amitasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘immeasurable’)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-निपात

• dātāram: giver
• dātāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhartāram: husband
• bhartāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kā: who (woman)
• kā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• pūjayet: should worship/honor
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhartā: husband
• bhartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devaḥ: (is) a god
• devaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• guruḥ: (is) a teacher
• guruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• bhartā: husband
• bhartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dharma-tīrtha-vratāni: duties, pilgrimages, and vows
• dharma-tīrtha-vratāni: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma-tīrtha-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (dharma ‘duty’ + tīrtha ‘pilgrimage’ + vrata ‘vow’)

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

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having abandoned’

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ekam: one alone
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• samarcayet: should worship/honor
• samarcayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic worship scene: wife offering flowers and water at the feet of her seated husband; behind him appear faint icons—linga (deva), guru’s staff/book (guru), a river-ghat (tirtha), and a vow-thread (vrata)—showing equivalence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It elevates household duty into a sacred practice, framing devotion and service as a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is praised; 'tīrtha' is used as a symbolic benchmark of sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional prescription: to honor/worship the husband as foremost, equating that reverence with vrata and tīrtha merit.