Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

वहनं भर्तृसौख्याय दिवा सम्पीड्यते रुजा । अयं भर्ता विजानीथ झोलिकासंस्थितः सदा

Transliteration

vahanaṃ bhartṛsaukhyāya divā sampīḍyate rujā | ayaṃ bhartā vijānītha jholikāsaṃsthitaḥ sadā

Translation

یہ اٹھانا میرے شوہر کی آسائش کے لیے ہے، اگرچہ دن کے وقت درد مجھے ستاتا ہے۔ جان لو کہ یہی میرا شوہر ہے، جو ہمیشہ اس جھولی میں آرام پذیر رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• vahanaṃ: carrying / bearing
• vahanaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• bhartṛsaukhyāya: for the husband's comfort
• bhartṛsaukhyāya: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ + saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भर्तुः सौख्यम्)

• divā: by day
• divā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• sampīḍyate: is afflicted / is pressed
• sampīḍyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• rujā: by pain
• rujā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ruj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ayaṃ: this
• ayaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhartā: husband
• bhartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vijānītha: know (you all)
• vijānītha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + jñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• jholikāsaṃsthitaḥ: situated in a bag
• jholikāsaṃsthitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jholikā + saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (झोलिकायां संस्थितः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: नित्यत्ववाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Śāṇḍilī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-path (riverbank pilgrimage corridor)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the kathā frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman carries a cloth bag (jholikā) close to her body; within it rests her ailing husband. Her face shows strain from pain and heat, yet tenderness and resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilī
• Her husband (unnamed here)
• Jholikā (bag/bundle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless service (sevā) to one’s dependent spouse is upheld as a powerful expression of dharma and tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context connects to Narmadā-region sacredness, but this verse centers on personal dharma rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the ‘practice’ here is daily sevā as lived vrata.