Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कन्या च सुखसौभाग्य शीलाचारगुणान्विता । तथा स्यात्पुत्रिणी साध्वी पतिव्रतपरायणा

Transliteration

kanyā ca sukhasaubhāgya śīlācāraguṇānvitā | tathā syātputriṇī sādhvī pativrataparāyaṇā

Translation

وتغدو الفتاةُ موفورةَ السعادةِ وحُسنِ الطالع، متحلّيةً بالخلقِ الفاضلِ وحُسنِ السلوك؛ وتصبحُ أُمًّا لذرية، امرأةً صالحةً شريفة، مكرَّسةً لنذرِ الوفاء لزوجها.

Word by Word

• कन्या: the maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुखसौभाग्य: (having) happiness and good fortune
• सुखसौभाग्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (सुखं च सौभाग्यं च) विशेषणरूपेण

• शीलाचारगुणान्विता: endowed with virtues of character and conduct
• शीलाचारगुणान्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शील (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/बहुवचनार्थ-समाहार: शील-आचार-गुणैः अन्विता (endowed with virtues of conduct and character)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• स्यात्: may be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रिणी: having a son/children
• पुत्रिणी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पुत्रिणी’ = पुत्रवती (having a son/children)

• साध्वी: virtuous, chaste
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पतिव्रतपरायणा: devoted to her husband’s vow (faithful)
• पतिव्रतपरायणा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पतिव्रते परायणा (devoted to the vow of fidelity to husband)

Speaker

Narrative voice (phala-oriented statement within the Māhātmya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An auspicious bridal figure symbolizing saubhāgya—modest, composed, adorned simply—surrounded by emblems of virtue (lamp, water-pot, sacred thread context via dvijas).

Characters & Entities

• Kanyā (bride)
• Pativratā-dharma (marital vow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in household life is portrayed as auspiciousness: virtue, right conduct, and family flourishing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the same shrine/ākhyāna context (Haravedī/Vṛṣabhadhvaja) whose worship/listening is said to yield these marital blessings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it functions as a promised outcome (phala) connected to the chapter’s worship/listening practice.