Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
पुत्रस्य तु पुनर्वित्तं पिता हरति सर्वदा । न तस्य विद्यते दोषो विभक्त स्यापि कर्हिचित्
Transliteration
putrasya tu punarvittaṃ pitā harati sarvadā | na tasya vidyate doṣo vibhakta syāpi karhicit
Translation
باپ ہمیشہ بیٹے کی دولت واپس لے سکتا ہے؛ اس میں اس کا کوئی قصور نہیں، چاہے بیٹا الگ ہی کیوں نہ ہو۔
Word by Word
पुत्रस्यof the son
पुत्रस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of the son'
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/विरोधार्थक-अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again)
वित्तम्wealth/property
वित्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्म
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — कर्ता
हरतिtakes away/appropriates
हरति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'takes/appropriates'
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: always)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of him/of that (act)'
विद्यतेexists
विद्यते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'exists/is found'
दोषःfault/blame
दोषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — कर्तृस्थानी/विषय
विभक्तस्यeven of one who is partitioned/divided
विभक्तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootविभक्त (कृदन्त; वि+भज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण — 'of one who is divided/partitioned'
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक (particle: even/also)
कर्हिचित्ever/at any time
कर्हिचित्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-अनिश्चित (indefinite temporal adverb: ever/at any time)
Speaker
Likhita
Characters & Entities
L
LikhitaF
Father (pitā)S
Son (putra)FAQs
Purāṇic dharma frames parental authority as protective governance; the father’s claim is treated as non-culpable within this traditional rule.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the dharma teaching embedded in the pilgrimage-mahātmya context.
None; it states a normative rule about paternal entitlement.