Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अथ ब्रह्मापि तत्कर्म सर्वं वैवाहिकं क्रमात् । समाप्तिमनयत्प्रोक्तं यच्छ्रुतौ तेन च स्वयम्

Transliteration

atha brahmāpi tatkarma sarvaṃ vaivāhikaṃ kramāt | samāptimanayatproktaṃ yacchrutau tena ca svayam

Translation

Dann führte auch Brahmā, der rechten Ordnung folgend, jenes gesamte Hochzeitsritual zu Ende—genau wie es in der Śruti geboten und wie es zuvor festgelegt worden war.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Vākyopakrama (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/Then)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = 'also/even')

• tat-karma: that ritual/action
• tat-karma: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनामपूर्वपद: 'that rite'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvam: entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'tat-karma'

• vaivāhikam: pertaining to marriage
• vaivāhikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivāhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'tat-karma'

• kramāt: in order, sequentially
• kramāt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/Sequence)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे 'in due order/step by step'

• samāptim: completion
• samāptim: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anayat: brought, led (to)
• anayat: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• proktam: as stated
• proktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'tat-karma' (यत् श्रुतौ प्रोक्तम्)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोगः (यत् ... तत्)

• śrutau: in the Śruti
• śrutau: Adhikaraṇa (Location: in scripture)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tena: thereby, by that
• tena: Hetu/Karaṇa (Reason/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्-सम्बन्धः (तत् कारणेन/तस्मात्)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Emphatic to subject)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वयम् = 'himself')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā officiates or supervises the concluding steps of a wedding rite: sacred fire, offerings, orderly participants; the atmosphere is solemn and Vedic.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śruti
• vaivāhika-karma (marriage rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic holiness is aligned with Vedic authority: sacred rites bear fruit when performed in proper sequence as taught by Śruti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Tīrthamāhātmya setting is implied; the verse focuses on correct ritual completion within that sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of the vaivāhika (marriage) rite in the proper Vedic sequence (krama) as per Śruti.