Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

या भर्तारं परित्यज्य मिष्टमश्नाति केवलम् । ग्रामे सा सूकरी भूयाद्वल्गुली वाथ विङ्भुजा

Transliteration

yā bhartāraṃ parityajya miṣṭamaśnāti kevalam | grāme sā sūkarī bhūyādvalgulī vātha viṅbhujā

Translation

Người nữ nào bỏ rơi chồng mà chỉ ăn những món ngon, thì sẽ tái sinh nơi thôn làng làm lợn nái—hoặc làm thằn lằn, hoặc làm loài sinh vật ăn phân uế.

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• bhartāram: husband
• bhartāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• miṣṭam: sweet food
• miṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: miṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• aśnāti: eats
• aśnāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• kevalam: only, merely
• kevalam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• grāme: in the village
• grāme: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sūkarī: a sow (female pig)
• sūkarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhūyāt: would become
• bhūyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• valgulī: a female jackal/fox (valgulī)
• valgulī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: valgulī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• atha: or else/and then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक (particle: ‘and/then’)

• viṅbhujā: a feces-eater (scavenger creature)
• viṅbhujā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṅ-bhujā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viṅ = विट् ‘feces’ + bhujā ‘eater’)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying dharma-teaching)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a woman turning away from her husband and indulging in rich foods; in the background, symbolic rebirth forms—sow, lizard, and a low scavenger—appear as shadowy karmic outcomes, with Dharmāraṇya forest as setting.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It condemns abandonment and indulgent self-centered living, presenting karmic degradation as the result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is ethical instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it discourages indulgence and promotes disciplined living.