Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

विवाहविधिनोदूढा पितृदेवार्थसाधिनी । सुलक्षणा विनीता सा विवेकादिगुणा शुभा

Transliteration

vivāhavidhinodūḍhā pitṛdevārthasādhinī | sulakṣaṇā vinītā sā vivekādiguṇā śubhā

Translation

Nach dem rechten Ritus verheiratet, erfüllt sie die den Ahnen und den Göttern geschuldeten Ziele. Mit glückverheißenden Merkmalen, bescheiden und wohlgezügelt, ist sie gesegnet mit Unterscheidungskraft (viveka) und weiteren Tugenden.

Word by Word

• vivāha-vidhinā: by the marriage-rite
• vivāha-vidhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivāha (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘विवाहस्य विधिः’)

• ūḍhā: married
• ūḍhā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vah (धातु) → ūḍha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘married/carried (as bride)’

• pitṛ-deva-artha-sādhinī: fulfilling duties toward ancestors and gods
• pitṛ-deva-artha-sādhinī: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + sādh (धातु) → sādh-inī (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘पितॄणां देवानां च अर्थं साधयति’ (fulfilling the aims/duties toward ancestors and gods)

• su-lakṣaṇā: of good marks/auspicious
• su-lakṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सु-लक्षणा’ = well-marked/auspiciously featured)

• vinītā: humble/disciplined
• vinītā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nī (धातु) → vinīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘well-trained, humble’

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

• viveka-ādi-guṇā: having qualities like discernment
• viveka-ādi-guṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viveka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘विवेकादयः गुणाः यस्याः’) — अर्थतः बहुव्रीहि-भावः (possessing qualities like discernment)

• śubhā: auspicious/good
• śubhā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a sage/king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritually correct wedding with Vedic fire, priest, and the couple; symbolic inclusion of pitṛ and deva presence—ancestors invoked through offerings, gods through mantra and homa.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life becomes meritorious when marriage is performed by proper rites and lived with virtue, humility, and discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Tīrthamāhātmya section, but no specific tīrtha-name appears in this shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It emphasizes vivāha-vidhi—marriage conducted according to the prescribed saṃskāra.