Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

नोलूखले न मुशले न वर्द्धन्यां दृषद्यपि । न यंत्रके न देहल्यां सती चोपविशेत्क्वचित्

Transliteration

nolūkhale na muśale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi | na yaṃtrake na dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit

Translation

贤德之妻不应坐在臼、杵、簸箕，乃至磨石之上；也不应坐在压榨器具或门槛之上。

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• ulūkhale: on/in a mortar
• ulūkhale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ulūkhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• muśale: on a pestle
• muśale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• varddhanyām: on a winnowing basket/tray
• varddhanyām: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varddhanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣadi: on a grinding stone
• dṛṣadi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• yaṃtrake: on a device/contrivance (seat/tool)
• yaṃtrake: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaṃtraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• dehalyām: on a threshold
• dehalyām: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• satī: a virtuous woman
• satī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक; √as धातोः शतृ-रूप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सती’ = साध्वी स्त्री

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• upaviśet: should sit down
• upaviśet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-viś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kvacit: ever/anywhere
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household threshold with rangoli; nearby are mortar and pestle, winnowing basket, grinding stone. The virtuous wife stands or sits on a proper seat (āsana), not on tools or threshold, indicating mindful decorum.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious discipline extends to everyday domestic behavior; reverence is shown even through small acts like where one sits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is referenced; the verse is a general code of conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A niyama about avoiding inauspicious places/objects as seats (threshold and household implements).