Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सीतायाश्च विवाहार्थं लक्ष्मणेन समन्वितः । श्रुत्वा स्वयंवरं तस्याः पार्थिवानां समागमम्

Transliteration

sītāyāśca vivāhārthaṃ lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ | śrutvā svayaṃvaraṃ tasyāḥ pārthivānāṃ samāgamam

Translation

Von Lakṣmaṇa begleitet und auf Sītās Vermählung bedacht, vernahm er von ihrem Svayaṃvara und vom Zusammenkommen der Könige, die sich dazu versammelt hatten.

Word by Word

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

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

• विवाहार्थम्: for (her) marriage
• विवाहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः/प्रयोजनवाचकः (विवाहाय अर्थः) — ‘for the purpose of marriage’

• लक्ष्मणेन: with Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणेन: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: accompanied, attended
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वित (√इ धातु/अन्वि-भाव; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (endowed/associated with)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रुत्वा (√श्रु धातु; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive), क्रियाविशेषण (having heard)

• स्वयंवरम्: the svayaṃvara (bride-choosing ceremony)
• स्वयंवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पार्थिवानाम्: of kings
• पार्थिवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• समागमम्: assembly, gathering
• समागमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mithilā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa traveling with purposeful calm; distant city of Mithilā; banners and arriving kings’ retinues; the rumor of svayaṃvara spreading among travelers.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Svayaṃvara
• Kings (pārthivāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma is sanctified when marriage is approached as a righteous duty aligned with divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates an event connected with Sītā’s svayaṃvara (traditionally associated with Mithilā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse references the social-ritual institution of svayaṃvara.