Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वैवाहिकेन विधिना कृतकृत्यो बभूव ह । ततो बभ्राम तत्क्षेत्रं तीर्थयात्रापरायणः

Transliteration

vaivāhikena vidhinā kṛtakṛtyo babhūva ha | tato babhrāma tatkṣetraṃ tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

Durch das vorgeschriebene Hochzeitsritual fühlte er seine Pflicht erfüllt; danach, der Pilgerfahrt hingegeben, durchwanderte er jene heilige Gegend und besuchte ihre Tīrthas.

Word by Word

• vaivāhikena: by the marriage (wedding)
• vaivāhikena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivāhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘विधिना’ इत्यस्य

• vidhinā: by the prescribed rite/method
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: one who has fulfilled his duty
• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ-धातु, क्त) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः—कर्मधारय (कृतं कृत्यं येन सः)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—काल/क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• babhrāma: wandered/roamed
• babhrāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (भ्रम्-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘kṣetram’ इत्यस्य

• kṣetram: field/holy region
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ: devoted to pilgrimage to sacred places
• tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः—‘तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly married pilgrim, serene and duty-fulfilled, sets out on foot through a sacred landscape, moving from one tīrtha to another with staff, water-pot, and prayerful gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual completion should mature into ongoing devotion—fulfilled duty leads to sustained tīrtha-oriented spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a landscape for tīrtha-yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a vaivāhika-style vidhi and subsequent tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage circuit) within the kṣetra.