Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

उपयेमे सुतः पांडोर्यां पार्थश्चारुहासिनीम् । जज्ञे तस्याः सुतो वीरोऽभिमन्युरिति विश्रुतः

Transliteration

upayeme sutaḥ pāṃḍoryāṃ pārthaścāruhāsinīm | jajñe tasyāḥ suto vīro'bhimanyuriti viśrutaḥ

Translation

Pārtha (Arjuna), der Sohn Pāṇḍus, nahm jene schöne Jungfrau mit dem holden Lächeln zur Gemahlin. Aus ihr wurde ein heldenhafter Sohn geboren, in der Welt berühmt unter dem Namen Abhimanyu.

Word by Word

• upayeme: married
• upayeme: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• sutaḥ: son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pāṇḍoḥ: of Pāṇḍu
• pāṇḍoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• yām: whom
• yām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• pārthaḥ: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• pārthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• cāru-hāsinīm: the charming-smiling (woman)
• cāru-hāsinīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + hāsinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास

• jajñe: was born
• jajñe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• sutaḥ: a son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vīraḥ: heroic
• vīraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• abhimanyuḥ: Abhimanyu
• abhimanyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhimanyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• iti: thus / as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: well-known
• viśrutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified marriage scene: Arjuna (Pārtha) takes Mādhavī, the sweet-smiling maiden, as bride; a secondary vignette foreshadows the birth of Abhimanyu, depicted as a radiant child with heroic omens.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Abhimanyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It connects sacred narration with dharmic lineage, showing how Purāṇic tīrtha-stories preserve memory of righteous heroes and their origins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues a tīrtha-māhātmya context, but the specific site name is not stated in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is primarily genealogical narration.