Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा परिणीतास्ति गायत्रीति वरांगना

Transliteration

brahmaṇā pariṇītāsti gāyatrīti varāṃganā

Translation

„Jene edle Frau, Gāyatrī, ist von Brahmā zur Gemahlin genommen worden.“

Word by Word

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• pariṇītā: married (led in marriage)
• pariṇītā: Karta-bhāva (State of subject/कर्तृभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√nī (नी धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: pariṇīta)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (PPP; Feminine nominative singular)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present 3rd sg)

• gāyatrī: Gāyatrī
• gāyatrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Feminine nominative singular)

• iti: thus, called
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• varāṃganā: the excellent woman
• varāṃganā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (Feminine nominative singular)

Speaker

Dvijās/Brāhmaṇas (continuing their statement) — inferred from immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devayajana (Brahmā’s yajña locus in this episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas declare to Sāvitrī that Brahmā has married the noble Gāyatrī; the moment is a stark revelation, with Sāvitrī frozen between disbelief and dawning grief.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives frame cosmic order through dharmic relationships; recognizing them helps orient conduct around rites and sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter glorifies Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; this line supplies narrative cause within that māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it states a marital fact central to the unfolding ritual-episode.