Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ततः स्वयंवरं प्राप्ता मां विज्ञाय निजं पतिम् । मयापि सैव विज्ञाय पूर्वपत्नी समाहृता

Transliteration

tataḥ svayaṃvaraṃ prāptā māṃ vijñāya nijaṃ patim | mayāpi saiva vijñāya pūrvapatnī samāhṛtā

Translation

ثم لما حضرتْ مراسم السْوَيَمْوَرَة، عرفتني زوجَها الحق فاختارتني؛ وأنا أيضًا، إذ عرفتُها زوجتي في الحياة السابقة، قبلتُها واتخذتُها قرينةً لي.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Desha-kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverb/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from then/thereafter)

• स्वयंवरम्: svayaṃvara (self-choice ceremony)
• स्वयंवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयं + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (acc. sg.); मध्यमपदलोपी/तत्पुरुषः (‘स्वयं वरणम्’)

• प्राप्ता: attained/reached
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे (reached/attained)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• विज्ञाय: having recognized
• विज्ञाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘विज्ञाय’ = having recognized

• निजम्: her own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (fem. nom. sg.)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• विज्ञाय: having recognized
• विज्ञाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); having recognized

• पूर्वपत्नी: former wife
• पूर्वपत्नी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘पूर्वा पत्नी’)

• समाहृता: was brought back
• समाहृता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ (धातु) → समाहृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (was brought/collected)

Speaker

Rājā (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A svayaṃvara hall: the princess garlands the king after recognizing him; both exchange knowing glances hinting at shared past-life memory; courtiers watch in surprise.

Characters & Entities

• Kāṃtīnātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narrative frames dharmic bonds and spiritual merit as forces that can persist across births, guiding recognition and rightful union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Mahākāla sacred setting whose “prabhāva” set these events in motion; the verse itself is a continuation of the phala narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the outcome (recognition and reunion) attributed to prior sacred merit.