Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

विधवा न कुले तस्य न वंध्या न च दुर्भगा । न कन्याजननी चापि न च स्याद्भर्तुरप्रिया । अष्टौ दोषास्तु नारीणां न भवंति कदाचन

Transliteration

vidhavā na kule tasya na vaṃdhyā na ca durbhagā | na kanyājananī cāpi na ca syādbharturapriyā | aṣṭau doṣāstu nārīṇāṃ na bhavaṃti kadācana

Translation

ในตระกูลของนาง ย่อมไม่มีหญิงหม้ายเลย ไม่มีกุลสตรีเป็นหมัน ไม่มีกุลสตรีผู้เคราะห์ร้าย; ไม่มีมารดาผู้ให้กำเนิดแต่ธิดาเท่านั้น และไม่มีผู้เป็นที่ไม่พอพระทัยของสามี จริงแท้ อัษฏโทษทั้งแปดที่กล่าวถึงสตรี ย่อมไม่บังเกิด ณ ที่นั้นกาลใดๆ

Word by Word

• विधवा: a widow
• विधवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• वन्ध्या: barren (woman)
• वन्ध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (barren)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• दुर्भगा: unlucky/ill-fated
• दुर्भगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्भगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (unfortunate)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• कन्या-जननी: (one who is) mother of (only) a daughter
• कन्या-जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समस्तपदम् (mother of a daughter / daughter-bearing mother)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि=also/even

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भर्तुः: of the husband
• भर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अप्रिया: unloved/displeasing
• अप्रिया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (unloved/displeasing)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• दोषाः: faults/defects
• दोषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• नारीणाम्: of women
• नारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• भवन्ति: occur/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sthala (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing tableau: Devī’s presence at Sāvitrī-sthala radiates protective grace over families—women with vermilion marks, children, and elders stand in a circle of auspicious symbols (kalasha, lamps), signifying freedom from misfortune and household discord.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charitable, dharmic acts performed in a sacred context are praised as protecting and harmonizing family life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), as part of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the promised fruits (phala) related to lineage and household well-being; the specific offering practice is detailed in the surrounding verses.