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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

यत्र भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परविरोधिनौ । सह भूतैर्गृहं तस्य विश त्वं भयवर्ज्जिता

yatra bhāryā ca bhartā ca parasparavirodhinau | saha bhūtairgṛhaṃ tasya viśa tvaṃ bhayavarjjitā

جہاں بیوی اور شوہر ایک دوسرے کے مخالف ہوں—اس گھر میں بھوتوں کے ساتھ تو داخل ہو؛ بے خوف ہو کر اندر جا۔

यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
भर्ताhusband
भर्ता:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
परस्पर-विरोधिनौmutually opposed
परस्पर-विरोधिनौ:
Karta (Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + विरोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (परस्परस्य विरोधी); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘भर्ता’ and ‘भार्या’)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with)
भूतैःwith beings/spirits
भूतैः:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd); बहुवचन
गृहम्house
गृहम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन
तस्यof that (man)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विशenter
विश:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन
भय-वर्जिताfree from fear
भय-वर्जिता:
Karta (Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (भयेन वर्जिता/भयवर्जिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘त्वम्’)

Skanda (deduced; continuing the same spirit-addressed instruction sequence)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Listener: null

Scene: A house split by argument: husband and wife turned away from each other, harsh gestures; smoky shadows gather in corners as bhūtas enter together, emboldened by the discord.

B
Bhūta (spirits)
B
Bhāryā (wife)
B
Bhartā (husband)

FAQs

Household harmony is dharma; persistent marital hostility is portrayed as creating a space for destructive influences.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where right living is presented as the true way to dwell in a sanctified landscape.

No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is reconciliation and dharmic household conduct as spiritual safeguarding.