Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अध्रुवं तद्ध्रवत्वे च कथंचित्परिकल्प्यते । तत्रापि दुर्लभानाम समानव्रतचारिणी

Transliteration

adhruvaṃ taddhravatve ca kathaṃcitparikalpyate | tatrāpi durlabhānāma samānavratacāriṇī

Translation

جو چیز ناپائیدار ہے، اسے کسی طرح پائیدار سمجھ لیا جاتا ہے۔ وہاں بھی نایاب حاصلوں میں ایسی بیوی ملتی ہے جو ایک جیسے ورت اور ضبطِ نفس کی پابند نہیں رہتی۔

Word by Word

• अध्रुवम्: impermanent, unstable
• अध्रुवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; pronoun)

• ध्रवत्वे: in the state of permanence
• ध्रवत्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रवत्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक-तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• कथंचित्: somehow, by some means
• कथंचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• परिकल्प्यते: is imagined/constructed
• परिकल्प्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada; passive)

• तत्र: there, in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अप्यर्थ-निपात (particle: also/even)

• दुर्लभानाम्: of the rare (things)
• दुर्लभानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Genitive plural; adjective)

• असमानव्रतचारिणी: a woman not following the same vow/observance
• असमानव्रतचारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-समाना + व्रत + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक); √चर् (धातु) + णिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष-समास (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; negating tatpurusha)

Speaker

Himācala

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative sage instructs about the mirage-like stability of worldly life; a household scene appears as a fading illusion behind him, symbolizing unstable vows and mismatched disciplines.

Characters & Entities

• Himācala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mistaking impermanence for permanence leads to suffering; dharmic harmony in shared vows is also rare and precious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is ethical-philosophical rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it alludes to vrata as disciplined religious conduct.