Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तदस्योचितदारार्थे सदा चिंतास्ति कृष्ण मे । उचितं बत हैडंबेः क्व कलत्रं करोम्यहम्

Transliteration

tadasyocitadārārthe sadā ciṃtāsti kṛṣṇa me | ucitaṃ bata haiḍaṃbeḥ kva kalatraṃ karomyaham

Translation

Darum, o Kṛṣṇa, bin ich stets in Sorge, ihm eine passende Gattin zu finden. Wahrlich, für Haiḍamba—woher soll ich eine würdige Braut nehmen?

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/Anaphoric (Object/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)

• अस्य: of him; his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• उचितदारार्थे: in the matter of a suitable wife
• उचितदारार्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उचित-दार-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; उचित + दार + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular: 'in/with regard to the matter of suitable wife')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• चिन्ता: worry; concern
• चिन्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (feminine; nominative singular)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present; 3rd person singular)

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular: 'my')

• उचितम्: proper; suitable
• उचितम्: Karma/Predicate complement
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular)

• बत: alas; indeed
• बत: Nipāta (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बत (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/खेदबोधक-निपात (particle: alas/indeed)

• हैडंबेः: of Haiḍamba (Gaṇeśa)
• हैडंबेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैडंब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular: 'of Haiḍamba/Gaṇeśa')

• क्व: where
• क्व: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Interrogative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• कलत्रम्: wife; spouse
• कलत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• करोमि: do I make/arrange
• करोमि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present; 1st person singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), addressing Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharmarāja, thoughtful and burdened, addresses Kṛṣṇa with folded hands; Kṛṣṇa listens calmly, embodying omniscient reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dharmarāja
• Haiḍamba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household dharma includes responsibly arranging suitable alliances, especially when extraordinary circumstances make the task difficult.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse concerns gṛhastha responsibilities and counsel.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is described; the theme is marriage propriety (ucita-kalatra) within dharma.