Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अमितस्य हि दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत् । भर्ता देवो गुरुर्भर्ता धर्मतीर्थव्रतानि च । तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य पतिमेकं समर्चयेत्

Transliteration

amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet | bhartā devo gururbhartā dharmatīrthavratāni ca | tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayet

Translation

Ai lại không tôn kính người chồng, đấng ban cho sự nâng đỡ dồi dào? Chồng như bậc Thần; chồng như bậc Guru; và chồng chính là Dharma, là các tīrtha, cùng mọi hạnh nguyện (vrata). Vì thế, gác lại mọi điều khác, nên phụng thờ một mình người chồng như bổn phận tối thượng.

Word by Word

• amitasya: of immeasurable (wealth/giving)
• amitasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘immeasurable’)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-निपात

• dātāram: giver
• dātāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• kā: who (woman)
• kā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• pūjayet: should worship/honor
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhartā: husband
• bhartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devaḥ: (is) a god
• devaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• guruḥ: (is) a teacher
• guruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• bhartā: husband
• bhartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dharma-tīrtha-vratāni: duties, pilgrimages, and vows
• dharma-tīrtha-vratāni: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma-tīrtha-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (dharma ‘duty’ + tīrtha ‘pilgrimage’ + vrata ‘vow’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ekam: one alone
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• samarcayet: should worship/honor
• samarcayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic worship scene: wife offering flowers and water at the feet of her seated husband; behind him appear faint icons—linga (deva), guru’s staff/book (guru), a river-ghat (tirtha), and a vow-thread (vrata)—showing equivalence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It elevates household duty into a sacred practice, framing devotion and service as a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is praised; 'tīrtha' is used as a symbolic benchmark of sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional prescription: to honor/worship the husband as foremost, equating that reverence with vrata and tīrtha merit.