Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

या कन्या पतिसंयोगं संप्राप्यात्र समाहिता । ततः पादप्रणामं च गायत्र्याश्च करिष्यति । पतिं प्रजापतिं प्राप्य सा भविष्यत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

yā kanyā patisaṃyogaṃ saṃprāpyātra samāhitā | tataḥ pādapraṇāmaṃ ca gāyatryāśca kariṣyati | patiṃ prajāpatiṃ prāpya sā bhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam

Translation

Jede Jungfrau, die, nachdem sie die Verbindung mit einem Gatten erlangt hat, in gefestigter Andacht hierher kommt und dann zu den Füßen Gāyatrīs niederfällt, wird ohne Zweifel einen Gatten wie Prajāpati erlangen.

Word by Word

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• kanyā: a maiden
• kanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• patisaṃyogam: union with a husband
• patisaṃyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pateḥ saṃyogaḥ)

• saṃprāpya: having attained
• saṃprāpya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• samāhitā: composed, attentive
• samāhitā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (kanyā)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम-बोधक (then)

• pādapraṇāmam: bowing at the feet
• pādapraṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pādānāṃ praṇāmaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• gāyatryāḥ: of Gāyatrī
• gāyatryāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kariṣyati: she will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• patim: a husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prajāpatim: the lord of creatures (Prajāpati)
• prajāpatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prajānāṃ patiḥ)

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asaṃśayam: without doubt
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अर्थे—‘निःसंशयम्’

Speaker

Divine/sage assembly (reported by Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman at a shrine of Gāyatrī, bowing to the deity’s feet; attendants hold lamps; the atmosphere is auspicious with flowers, vermilion, and sacred water nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble reverence to Gāyatrī at a sacred site is portrayed as transforming worldly life into dharmic prosperity and auspicious partnership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit statement applies to the “atra” of the ongoing Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pādapraṇāma (bowing/prostration) to Gāyatrī at the site with focused devotion.