Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ततोऽस्य सुप्रिया भार्या सर्वैः साध्वीगुणैर्युता । गृहधर्मस्य मूर्तिर्या साक्षादिव अरुंधती

Transliteration

tato'sya supriyā bhāryā sarvaiḥ sādhvīguṇairyutā | gṛhadharmasya mūrtiryā sākṣādiva aruṃdhatī

Translation

پھر اُس کی نہایت محبوب بیوی، جو پاکدامن و شریف عورت کی تمام خوبیوں سے آراستہ تھی، گھریلو دھرم کی مجسم صورت تھی—گویا خود ارُندھتی دیوی ظاہر ہو گئی ہو۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereupon/then’

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘of him/its’

• supriyā: very dear/beloved
• supriyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: supriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — विशेषण

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sarvaiḥ: with all
• sarvaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — ‘with all’

• sādhvī-guṇaiḥ: by the virtues of a chaste woman
• sādhvī-guṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — ‘साध्व्याः गुणाः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘by virtues of a chaste woman’

• yutā: endowed (with)
• yutā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj (युज्) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), ‘endowed/possessed’

• gṛha-dharmasya: of household duty
• gṛha-dharmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘गृहस्य धर्मः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘of household-duty’

• mūrtiḥ: embodiment/form
• mūrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yā: who/which
• yā: Anvaya (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• sākṣāt: directly
• sākṣāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘directly/in person’

• iva: as if/like
• iva: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Comparative particle/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-वाचक निपात) — ‘like/as if’

• aruṃdhatī: Arundhatī
• aruṃdhatī: Upamāna/Upameya (Apposition/उपमेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṃdhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — व्यक्तिनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified household scene: the virtuous wife stands serene beside her husband, radiating steadiness; a subtle celestial motif hints at Arundhatī as the ideal made manifest.

Characters & Entities

• Nandabhadra
• Arundhatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household life is sanctified when spouses uphold virtue; the ideal wife is portrayed as sustaining gṛhadharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on dharmic ideals within family life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the ‘prescription’ is ethical—cultivation of sādhvī-guṇas.