Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नारी गर्भं समाधत्ते हायनैकादशेन हि । एकादश्युपवासस्य विरताः सर्वतो जनाः

Transliteration

nārī garbhaṃ samādhatte hāyanaikādaśena hi | ekādaśyupavāsasya viratāḥ sarvato janāḥ

Translation

عہدِ کَلی میں عورت گیارہ برس کی عمر ہی میں حاملہ ہو جائے گی؛ اور ہر طرف لوگ ایکادشی کے اُپواس کی پابندی سے روگرداں ہو جائیں گے۔

Word by Word

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गर्भम्: embryo, pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाधत्ते: conceives; places/establishes (in the womb)
• समाधत्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• हायनैकादशेन: by (after) eleven years
• हायनैकादशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हायन + एकादश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: हायनस्य एकादश = 11 years); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• एकादशी-उपवासस्य: of the Ekādaśī fast
• एकादशी-उपवासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक) + उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: एकादश्याः उपवासः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विरताः: refraining; abstinent
• विरताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरत (कृदन्त; वि-√रम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वतः: everywhere; on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa describing Kali-yuga traits)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan) implied by nearby address in the passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic courtly scene: a sage narrates Kali-yuga signs to a king; in the background, a calendar-marked Ekādaśī day is ignored by townsfolk, symbolizing lapse of vrata.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns that Kali-yuga is marked by early sensuality and the weakening of vrata-dharma, especially the discipline of Ekādaśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a Kali-yuga diagnostic within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī-upavāsa (fasting/observance on the eleventh lunar day) is referenced—here as a practice people abandon.