Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इत्थं सीमंतिनीं सम्यगनुशास्य पुनः सती । ययौ सापि वरारोहा राजपुत्री तथाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

itthaṃ sīmaṃtinīṃ samyaganuśāsya punaḥ satī | yayau sāpi varārohā rājaputrī tathā'karot

Translation

如是，萨蒂（Satī）善加训诫那位已婚女子后，复又离去。那位仪容端美的高贵公主，也果然照做。

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सीमन्तिनीम्: the lady (married woman)
• सीमन्तिनीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीमन्तिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• अनुशास्य: having instructed
• अनुशास्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु√शास् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (क्त्वान्त/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — Gerund (having instructed)

• पुनः: again, then
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: again/back)

• सती: Satī (the virtuous lady)
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Pronoun, nominative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also)

• वरारोहा: the fair one (of noble form)
• वरारोहा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आरोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः: 'श्रेष्ठ-आरोहण-युक्ता'

• राजपुत्री: the king's daughter
• राजपुत्री: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तथा: thus, accordingly
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: so/likewise)

• अकरोत्: did, acted
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī, radiant and composed, finishing counsel to a married woman; Satī departs, while the princess stands resolved to perform the prescribed worship.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Sīmaṃtinī (married woman)
• Rājaputrī (princess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right instruction (upadeśa) bears fruit when followed with obedience and sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within the vrata account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced here; it confirms that the princess followed the previously taught Śiva-Gaurī worship observance.