Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
तदेनां पीडितां चेद्यः पतिर्भूत्वा न पालये । ततो यास्ये शास्त्रवादान्नरकांतं न संशयः
Transliteration
tadenāṃ pīḍitāṃ cedyaḥ patirbhūtvā na pālaye | tato yāsye śāstravādānnarakāṃtaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Translation
若有人既为其夫，却在她受苦受难时不加护持，那么依诸经论（śāstra）之教，他必堕至地狱边际；此无疑也。
Word by Word
तत्that (situation/thing)
तत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Pronoun; Neut., Acc., Sg.)
एनाम्her
एनाम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Pronoun; Fem., Acc., Sg.)
पीडिताम्afflicted; oppressed
पीडिताम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपीड् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Past passive participle; Fem., Acc., Sg.)
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (Condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')
यःwho (ever)
यः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Relative pronoun; Masc., Nom., Sg.)
पतिःhusband
पतिः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
पालयेshould protect
पालये:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootपाल् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd sg., Parasmaipada)
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'therefrom/then')
यास्येI shall go
यास्ये:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Simple future, 1st sg., Ātmanepada)
शास्त्रवादात्from the scriptural doctrine; as per scripture
शास्त्रवादात्:
Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्रवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Abl., Sg.); समासः—शास्त्रस्य वादः (genitive tatpuruṣa)
नरकान्तम्to the end of hell; to hell’s limit
नरकान्तम्:
Karma (Goal/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Acc., Sg.); समासः—नरकस्य अन्तः/अन्तम् (tatpuruṣa)
नno; not
न:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A moral tableau: an afflicted woman seeking refuge; the husband either shielding her (ideal) or turning away (warning), with a shadowy naraka boundary implied in the background as consequence.
FAQs
Neglect of protection and care within marriage is adharma and is portrayed as leading to severe karmic consequences.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse is a dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction).
None; it is a normative rule of conduct backed by śāstric authority.