Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

क्षुरकर्म न शस्तं स्याद्योषितां तु वरानने । सभर्तृकाणां तत्रैव विधिं तासां शृणुष्व मे

Transliteration

kṣurakarma na śastaṃ syādyoṣitāṃ tu varānane | sabhartṛkāṇāṃ tatraiva vidhiṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇuṣva me

Translation

اے خوش رُخ! عورتوں کے لیے استرے سے بال مونڈنا شاستروں میں مناسب نہیں سمجھا جاتا۔ اب مجھ سے سنو کہ وہاں شوہر والی عورتوں کے لیے کون سا خاص قاعدہ مقرر ہے۔

Word by Word

• क्षुरकर्म: shaving (razor) rite
• क्षुरकर्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता-स्थानी), एकवचन; ‘razor-rite/shaving act’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation)

• शस्तम्: recommended; proper
• शस्तम्: Vidhana/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शंस्/शस्-सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् ‘recommended/approved’

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should be’

• योषिताम्: of women
• योषिताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of women’

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• वरानने: O fair-faced lady
• वरानने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; ‘O fair-faced one’

• सभर्तृकाणाम्: of married (women)
• सभर्तृकाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भर्तृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (योषिताम्-सम्बन्धेन), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘of those having husbands’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक

• विधिम्: rule; procedure
• विधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of them’

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘listen!’

• मे: to me; my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic); ‘of me / my’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed woman (varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure instructs a modestly adorned married woman pilgrim at Prabhāsa about proper hair-ritual conduct, with the sea/coastal tīrtha ambience and distant shrine silhouettes.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (addressed as varānane)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma adapts ritual practice to person and context; devotion is upheld through appropriate, not uniform, observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa pilgrimage context (especially the shaving-related rites near the tīrthas) is in view, though no new tīrtha is named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Women are advised against kṣurakarma (razor shaving), and a distinct procedure is indicated for married women (to be detailed next).