Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

भर्त्रा स्वर्गसुखं भुंक्ते रममाणा पतिव्रता । धन्या सा जननी लोके धन्योऽसौ जनकः पुनः

Transliteration

bhartrā svargasukhaṃ bhuṃkte ramamāṇā pativratā | dhanyā sā jananī loke dhanyo'sau janakaḥ punaḥ

Translation

สตรีผู้เป็นปติวรตาย่อมเสวยสุขสวรรค์ร่วมกับภรรตา พลางรื่นรมย์; มารดาของนางเป็นผู้มีบุญในโลก และบิดาของนางก็เป็นผู้มีบุญยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• भर्त्रा: with her husband
• भर्त्रा: Saha/Karaṇa (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सह/करण (with/by husband)

• स्वर्गसुखम्: heavenly happiness
• स्वर्गसुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य सुखम्)

• भुङ्क्ते: enjoys
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रममाणा: rejoicing
• रममाणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त; शानच् (आत्मनेपदी) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (rejoicing)

• पतिव्रता: the devoted wife
• पतिव्रता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति + व्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धन्या: blessed, fortunate
• धन्या: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सा जननी)

• सा: she/that (woman)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the world)

• धन्यः: blessed
• धन्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying जनकः)

• असौ: that (man)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जनकः: father
• जनकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पुनः: again, moreover
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनः-अव्यय (again/further/moreover)

Speaker

Deductively: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Brāhma Khaṇḍa context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial scene: the pativratā and her husband seated together in svarga, attended by gandharvas/apsarases; below or aside, symbolic blessing rays reaching her parents.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches that dharmic fidelity is believed to uplift not only the practitioner but also her family lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse speaks of svarga as the reward realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a praise of the fruit (phala) of pativratā-dharma.