Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

विवाहं नीलरूपस्य ये करिष्यंति मानवाः । पितॄनुद्दिश्य तेषां वै कुले नैवास्ति नारकी

Transliteration

vivāhaṃ nīlarūpasya ye kariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | pitṝnuddiśya teṣāṃ vai kule naivāsti nārakī

Translation

Die Menschen, die für Nīlarūpa den heiligen Ehritus (vivāha) vollziehen und ihn ihren Ahnen weihen—wahrlich, in ihrem Geschlecht wird niemand in höllische Zustände fallen.

Word by Word

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• नील-रूपस्य: of the blue-formed one
• नील-रूपस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (रूप), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (नीलं रूपं यस्य)

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

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पितॄन्: ancestors/fathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having intended/addressed (for)
• उद्दिश्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• एव: certainly/at all
• एव: Emphasis/Restriction (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नारकी: (any) hell-bound one / one belonging to hell
• नारकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नारकी = नरकसम्बन्धिनी/नरकगामिनी)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlarūpa-kṣetra / Nīlarūpa-devālaya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame, not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial ‘marriage’ worship for Nīlarūpa: a decorated icon/linga or deity-form adorned like a bridegroom, with householders offering garlands, lamps, and water while invoking ancestors.

Characters & Entities

• Nīlarūpa (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion to Śiva (as Nīlarūpa), when offered for one’s ancestors, becomes a powerful means of protecting and uplifting the entire lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context praising the sacred sphere connected with Nīlarūpa Mahādeva (the local Śiva manifestation celebrated in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a ‘vivāha’ (ceremonial rite) for Nīlarūpa and explicitly dedicating the merit to the Pitṛs (ancestors).