Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पाणिग्रहेण विहिता ये कुमाराः कुमारिकाः । तेषांतेषां प्रजाश्चैव भविष्यथ न संशयः

Transliteration

pāṇigraheṇa vihitā ye kumārāḥ kumārikāḥ | teṣāṃteṣāṃ prajāścaiva bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

„Die Jünglinge und Jungfrauen, die durch den Ritus des Handergreifens (Ehe) verbunden sind—für jeden von ihnen wird es gewiss Nachkommenschaft geben; daran besteht kein Zweifel.“

Word by Word

• पाणिग्रहेण: by the act of taking the hand (marriage)
• पाणिग्रहेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; पाणि + ग्रह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘पाणिग्रह’ = पाणेः ग्रहणम् (विवाहकर्म)

• विहिताः: ordained/appointed
• विहिताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सापेक्ष-सर्वनाम

• कुमाराः: boys/young men
• कुमाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कुमारिकाः: girls/maidens
• कुमारिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of each of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (प्रत्येकस्य)

• प्रजाः: offspring
• प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• भविष्यथ: you (pl.) will be / will come to be
• भविष्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratishedha-vakya-artha (Idiomatic/वाक्यार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = नास्ति संशयः (elliptic)

Speaker

Pārvatī / Viśvamātā (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devi declares that youths and maidens joined by the rite of taking the hand will surely obtain offspring.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇigrahaṇa (marriage rite)
• Kumāra
• Kumārikā
• Prajā (offspring)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma, sanctified through proper marriage rites, is upheld as a legitimate path blessed with continuity of lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṇigrahaṇa (the formal ‘taking of the hand’) is referenced as the defining rite of marriage.