Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107
Devanagari script
पतिता गुरवस्त्याज्या माता च न कथंचन । गर्भधारणपोषाभ्यां तेन माता गरीयसी
Transliteration
patitā guravastyājyā mātā ca na kathaṃcana | garbhadhāraṇapoṣābhyāṃ tena mātā garīyasī
Translation
纵使师长堕失正行，尚可舍离；唯有母亲，任何情形都不可弃舍。以怀胎承载与哺育滋养之功，故母亲尤为尊重、最为可敬。
Word by Word
पतिताःfallen (from conduct)
पतिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; धातु: पत् (to fall)
गुरवःelders/teachers
गुरवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
त्याज्याःto be abandoned
त्याज्याः:
Kriya (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्याज्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-तव्यत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; धातु: त्यज्; तव्यत् (gerundive: 'to be abandoned')
माताmother
माता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
चbut/and
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
कथंचनin any manner (at all)
कथंचन:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indefinite adverb: 'in any way/at all')
गर्भधारणपोषाभ्याम्by (the acts of) carrying the womb and nourishing
गर्भधारणपोषाभ्याम्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ-धारण-पोष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (garbhadhāraṇa + poṣa)
तेनtherefore/by that
तेन:
Hetu/Instrumental (Reason/तृतीया-हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
माताmother
माता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
गरीयसीmore venerable/greater
गरीयसी:
Kriya (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootगरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), contextually addressing the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A stern didactic moment: a sage/elder instructs a conflicted youth, emphasizing the mother’s womb-bearing and nurturing; imagery of pregnancy and feeding as sacred acts.
Characters & Entities
G
GuravaḥFAQs
It asserts the absolute, non-negotiable duty to honor and never forsake one’s mother.
No site is praised; the verse is a strong normative statement of dharma.
No formal ritual is stated; the prescription is ethical: never abandon the mother and recognize her supreme claim to reverence.