Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे कन्याविवहितेन तु । तव वित्तं प्रदास्यामि सुखी येन भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me kanyāvivahitena tu | tava vittaṃ pradāsyāmi sukhī yena bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Darum erweise mir Gunst, indem du das Mädchen (auf mein Bitten) verheiratest. Ich werde dir Reichtum geben, wodurch du glücklich sein wirst.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरु: do, grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• कन्याविवहितेन: by/with the girl’s bridegroom (the one who married the girl)
• कन्याविवहितेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + विवाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd case), एकवचन; तृतीया-हेतौ/करणे; तत्पुरुषः (kanyāyāḥ vivahitaḥ—‘one who has married the girl’)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of contrast/emphasis)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Maṇibhadra (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man extends a pouch of coins/ornaments while requesting the girl’s marriage; the other party hesitates, torn between duty and greed; the girl is kept off to the side, unseen or in partial silhouette to show erasure of agency.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma should not be traded for wealth; the verse sets up a cautionary example of greed influencing sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; the tīrtha-māhātmya frame provides the sacred setting while the verse focuses on moral testing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A requested action: conducting a marriage; it is framed improperly as being induced by payment (vitta).