Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

देवैः सर्वैः स सम्प्रोक्तस्ततस्तां च वराननाम् । ततः पत्न्युत्थधर्मेण योजयामास सत्वरम्

Transliteration

devaiḥ sarvaiḥ sa samproktastatastāṃ ca varānanām | tataḥ patnyutthadharmeṇa yojayāmāsa satvaram

Translation

فلما خوطِبَ من جميعِ الآلهةِ بهذا، قبِلَ تلكَ الفتاةَ الحسناءَ الوجه؛ ثم أسرع فضمّها إليه زوجةً وفقَ الدارما وواجباتِ اتخاذِ الزوجة.

Word by Word

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; विशेषण (देवैः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; सर्वनाम

• सम्प्रोक्तः: was addressed/was spoken to
• सम्प्रोक्तः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+वच् (धातु) → सम्प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक — Indeclinable; temporal/sequential adverb

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात — Conjunction/particle

• वराननाम्: the fair-faced woman
• वराननाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर+आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; कर्मधारय-समास (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक — Indeclinable; sequential adverb

• पत्न्युत्थधर्मेण: by the duty arising from (his) wife
• पत्न्युत्थधर्मेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी+उत्थ+धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (पत्न्याः उत्थः धर्मः)

• योजयामास: he joined/arranged
• योजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular; परस्मैपद

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: surēśvarī (addressed as ‘O Lady of the gods’ in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly endorses a marriage; the groom accepts a fair-faced maiden and performs the joining according to marital dharma, with ritual gestures suggesting a formal saṃskāra.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahmā (implied groom)
• Varānanā (the maiden)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through timely action; sacred obligations (especially yajña-linked) are completed by rightful social and divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha’s greatness is reinforced through the narrated dharma-event; the verse itself does not name the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage as dharma (patnī-uttha-dharma) is referenced; the specific rite is implied rather than detailed.