Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

निर्हृत्य तं बंधुजना जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । शारदा प्राप्तवैधव्या पितुरेवालये स्थिता

Transliteration

nirhṛtya taṃ baṃdhujanā jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam | śāradā prāptavaidhavyā piturevālaye sthitā

Translation

亲族将他抬去行终葬之仪后，便各自回到自己的住处。舍罗达已成寡居，仍住在父亲的家中。

Word by Word

• निर्हृत्य: having taken away / after removing
• निर्हृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः निर्-; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• तम्: him/that (person/thing)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• बंधुजनाः: the relatives/kinsmen
• बंधुजनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhu + jana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (bandhūnāṃ janāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• स्वम्: (each) his own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (each his own)

• निवेशनम्: dwelling/house
• निवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शारदा: Śāradā (name)
• शारदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्तवैधव्या: having attained widowhood / widowed
• प्राप्तवैधव्या: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta + vaidhavya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (vaidhavyaṃ prāptā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ (emphasis)

• आलये: in the abode/house
• आलये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थिता: stood/remained
• स्थिता: Kriyā (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Relatives depart after funeral rites; the young widow Śāradā remains in her father’s house, seated in quiet grief, the household subdued.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• bandhujana (kinsmen)
• father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life’s impermanence is acknowledged, and dharma continues through proper rites and rightful shelter; adversity becomes a setting for later merit through virtuous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied funeral-related carrying away for rites, but no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is prescribed in this verse.