Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

भार्या तस्य विलोलाक्षी तस्य गेहाद्विनिर्गता । स्वच्छंदचारिणी नित्यं नित्यं चानंगमोहिता

Transliteration

bhāryā tasya vilolākṣī tasya gehādvinirgatā | svacchaṃdacāriṇī nityaṃ nityaṃ cānaṃgamohitā

Translation

他的妻子目光轻佻，离开了他的家。她任性而行，恒常地、一次又一次地，被情欲之迷所缠缚。

Word by Word

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विलोलाक्षी: having restless eyes
• विलोलाक्षी: Visheshana (Adjectival to भार्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलोल + अक्षी (प्रातिपदिक; विलोल=विशेषण, अक्षी=नेत्र)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गेहात्: from the house
• गेहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विनिर्गता: having gone out
• विनिर्गता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-गम् (धातु) → विनिर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• स्वच्छंदचारिणी: one who acts at her own will
• स्वच्छंदचारिणी: Visheshana (Adjectival to भार्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्छन्द + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; चर्(धातु) से चारिन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नित्यं: always
• नित्यं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नित्यं: always
• नित्यं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अनंगमोहिता: bewildered by Ananga (Cupid)
• अनंगमोहिता: Visheshana (Adjectival to भार्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनङ्ग + मोहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुह्(धातु) → मोहित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; भूतकृदन्त-आधारित (past passive participle sense)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife departs the home with restless gaze; the doorway frames separation, suggesting the collapse of household order and the rise of passion-driven wandering.

Characters & Entities

• Ananga (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire rules conduct, household stability collapses, and adharma sets the stage for further suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the moral narrative set in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on restraint and dharmic conduct rather than ritual action.