Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

भट्टिकोवाच । आनर्ताधिपतेरेषा भवित्री दुहिता शुभा । ततः पाणिग्रहं प्राप्य भार्या तव भविष्यति

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikovāca | ānartādhipatereṣā bhavitrī duhitā śubhā | tataḥ pāṇigrahaṃ prāpya bhāryā tava bhaviṣyati

Translation

Bhaṭṭikā sprach: „Sie wird als glückverheißende Tochter des Herrschers von Ānarta geboren werden. Danach, nachdem sie die Eheschließung (das Ergreifen der Hand) empfangen hat, wird sie deine Gattin sein.“

Word by Word

• bhaṭṭikaḥ: Bhaṭṭika
• bhaṭṭikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaṭṭika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Perfect, 3rd person singular

• ānarta: of Ānarta
• ānarta: Sambandha (Determinative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (समासाङ्ग) = Masculine; first member in compound

• adhipateḥ: of the ruler
• adhipateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Masculine Genitive Singular

• eṣā: this (girl)
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Feminine Nominative Singular

• bhavitrī: will be
• bhavitrī: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: तृन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (agent noun/future sense); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine Nominative Singular; अर्थे: भविष्यन्ती (one who will be)

• duhitā: daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन = Feminine Nominative Singular

• śubhā: auspicious
• śubhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (duhitā/eṣā) = Feminine Nominative Singular adjective

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• pāṇigraham: hand-taking (marriage rite)
• pāṇigraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi+graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः): पाणेः ग्रहः = taking of the hand; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Accusative Singular

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): प्राप्य = having obtained

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन = Feminine Nominative Singular

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Genitive Singular

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Simple Future, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-deśa (regional kṣetra frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Takṣaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā prophesies: the woman will be born as the auspicious daughter of the Ānarta king; after the hand-taking rite, she becomes Takṣaka’s wife.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Ānarta (region/kingdom)
• Takṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic disruption is resolved through dharmic institutions—rebirth and lawful marriage—under the guidance of higher insight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Kedāra tīrtha-māhātmya stream within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṇigraha (the formal hand-taking in marriage) is referenced as the dharmic means by which the union is re-established.