Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वैवाहिकेन विधिना कृतकृत्यो बभूव ह । ततो बभ्राम तत्क्षेत्रं तीर्थयात्रापरायणः

Transliteration

vaivāhikena vidhinā kṛtakṛtyo babhūva ha | tato babhrāma tatkṣetraṃ tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

وبالطقس الزوجي المقرَّر على سنن الشريعة، أحسّ أنّ واجبه قد اكتمل؛ ثم، وقد نذر نفسه للحجّ إلى التيـرثات، طاف بتلك البقعة المقدّسة زائرًا مواطن التيـرثا.

Word by Word

• vaivāhikena: by the marriage (wedding)
• vaivāhikena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivāhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘विधिना’ इत्यस्य

• vidhinā: by the prescribed rite/method
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: one who has fulfilled his duty
• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ-धातु, क्त) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः—कर्मधारय (कृतं कृत्यं येन सः)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—काल/क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• babhrāma: wandered/roamed
• babhrāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (भ्रम्-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘kṣetram’ इत्यस्य

• kṣetram: field/holy region
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ: devoted to pilgrimage to sacred places
• tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः—‘तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly married pilgrim, serene and duty-fulfilled, sets out on foot through a sacred landscape, moving from one tīrtha to another with staff, water-pot, and prayerful gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual completion should mature into ongoing devotion—fulfilled duty leads to sustained tīrtha-oriented spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a landscape for tīrtha-yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a vaivāhika-style vidhi and subsequent tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage circuit) within the kṣetra.