Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

परदारकृतं पापं स्त्रीवध्या तस्य जायताम् । अन्योऽपि यः करोत्येवमेवमस्तु तदुच्यताम्

Transliteration

paradārakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ strīvadhyā tasya jāyatām | anyo'pi yaḥ karotyevamevamastu taducyatām

Translation

ขอให้บาปที่เกิดจากการละเมิดการแต่งงานของผู้อื่นตกอยู่กับผู้ที่สมควรได้รับโทษฐานทำร้ายสตรี และหากมีผู้อื่นกระทำในทำนองเดียวกัน ก็ขอให้ประกาศเช่นเดียวกันสำหรับเขาด้วย

Word by Word

• para-dāra-kṛtam: done with another’s wife
• para-dāra-kṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (परदारैः कृतम् / परदारविषयकं कृतम्)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• strī-vadhyā: is to be slain (as a woman)
• strī-vadhyā: Predicate (Vidheyāṃśa/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + vadhya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—स्त्री एव वध्याः (to be slain)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• jāyatām: let it become
• jāyatām: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृशः), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे (let it become)

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• karoti: does
• karoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमानकालः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (thus)

• evam: in the same way
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थः

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थः), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; 'उच्यताम्' इत्यस्य कर्म

• ucyatām: let it be said
• ucyatām: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; (let it be said)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (Hari)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn pronouncement: the moral weight of paradāra-pāpa is declared; the assembly listens with gravity; Lakṣmī holds the garland, while Viṣṇu’s face is compassionate yet firm.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire that violates another’s marriage and harms women is grave adharma and brings heavy sin and punishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), where dharma-teachings are woven into the site’s glorifying narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical proclamation establishing consequences for transgression.