Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पतिं गृहीत्वा या नारी मृतमग्नौ विशेद्यदि । सा तारयति भर्तारमात्मानं च कुलद्वयम्

Transliteration

patiṃ gṛhītvā yā nārī mṛtamagnau viśedyadi | sā tārayati bhartāramātmānaṃ ca kuladvayam

Translation

หากสตรีใดกุมสามีไว้แล้วเข้าสู่กองเพลิงภายหลังสามีสิ้นชีพ นางย่อมยังสามี ตนเอง และตระกูลทั้งสองให้พ้นข้ามได้

Word by Word

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having taken, having seized
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• या: who (woman)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विशेत्: should enter
• विशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+शि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• तारयति: saves, delivers
• तारयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आत्मानम्: herself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुलद्वयम्: both families (two lineages)
• कुलद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल + द्वय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्या-पूर्वपद), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya (attribution uncertain from snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (in Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife holds her deceased husband’s hand at the cremation ground; sacred fire rises like a yajña-flame while unseen ancestors and pitṛs are shown being lifted upward by light.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Kula
• Prabhāsa
• Vastrāpatha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays extreme spousal fidelity as spiritually salvific, extending merit to family lines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement appears as part of the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the funeral fire with the deceased husband (satī motif) is described as a salvific act.