Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
अर्वाक्छिलाक्रमणतो निष्ठा स्यात्सप्तमे पदे । इति व्यवस्य प्रददावन्यस्मै तां द्विजः सुताम्
Transliteration
arvākchilākramaṇato niṣṭhā syātsaptame pade | iti vyavasya pradadāvanyasmai tāṃ dvijaḥ sutām
Translation
فحسم الأمر قائلاً: «قبل أن يَثبُت رباط الزواج—إذ يُعَدّ ثابتًا عند الخطوة السابعة—يمكن تغييره.» وبعد هذا العزم، زوَّج البراهمن ابنته لغيره.
Word by Word
arvākdownwards/below
arvāk:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Direction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootarvāk (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (दिशावाचक) = below/downwards
śilākramaṇataḥfrom stepping on a stone
śilākramaṇataḥ:
Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootśilā + kramaṇa (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case) एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (śilāyāḥ kramaṇam); ‘-taḥ’ = from/by reason of
niṣṭhācertainty/fixity (conclusion)
niṣṭhā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case) एकवचन
syātwould be/should be
syāt:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
saptamein the seventh
saptame:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case) एकवचन; ‘pade’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
padestep/footing
pade:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case) एकवचन
itithus
iti:
Vacana-marker (Quotation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative)
vyavasyahaving decided
vyavasya:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ava-√so (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘व्यवस्य’ = having resolved/decided
pradadāvagave away
pradadāva:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dā (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्र-उपसर्ग
anyasmaito another (man)
anyasmai:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th case) एकवचन; सम्प्रदान
tāmher
tām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case) एकवचन
dvijaḥthe Brahmin
dvijaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case) एकवचन
sutāmdaughter
sutām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsutā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case) एकवचन; ‘ताम्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य
Speaker
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)
Characters & Entities
D
dvija (brāhmaṇa)FAQs
Rites have defined dharmic thresholds; decisions affecting lives should respect both śāstra and ethical responsibility.
No tīrtha is glorified in this verse.
The verse alludes to the marriage rite’s ‘seventh step’ (saptapadī) as a marker of finality.