Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कस्मिंश्चिदथ काले च भरद्वाजो महामुनिः । स्वसुतां प्रददौ राजन्मुदा विश्रवसे नृप

Transliteration

kasmiṃścidatha kāle ca bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ | svasutāṃ pradadau rājanmudā viśravase nṛpa

Translation

Dann, zu einer gewissen Zeit, gab der große Weise Bharadvāja voller Freude seine eigene Tochter Viśravas zur Ehe, o König.

Word by Word

• कस्मिन्: in some (time/place)
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• चित्: some/any
• चित्: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (indefinite particle)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Avyaya (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• काले: at a time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महान् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• स्वसुताम्: his own daughter
• स्वसुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य सुता)

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विश्रवसे: to Viśravas
• विश्रवसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• नृप: O ruler
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bharadvāja in āśrama performing vivāha rites: offering his daughter’s hand to Viśravas; sacred fire, garlands, water-pot, and witnesses (ṛṣis).

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Viśravas
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic genealogies present marriage as a dharmic institution that sustains lineages of sacred influence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act implied is kanyā-dāna (giving the daughter in marriage), a dharmic household duty, though details are not described here.