Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तः स तु गंधर्वो भार्यां वचनमब्रवीत् । अन्वेषयामि भर्त्तारं पुत्र्यर्थे तु मनोहरम्

Transliteration

ityuktaḥ sa tu gaṃdharvo bhāryāṃ vacanamabravīt | anveṣayāmi bharttāraṃ putryarthe tu manoharam

Translation

So angesprochen, sagte jener Gandharva zu seiner Gattin: „Ich werde für unsere Tochter einen anmutigen und würdigen Gatten suchen.“

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to / addressed
• uktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (saḥ… uktaḥ)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha-dyotaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• gaṃdharvaḥ: the Gandharva
• gaṃdharvaḥ: Apposition (Karta-samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhāryām: to (his) wife
• bhāryām: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vacanam: words, speech
• vacanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anveṣayāmi: I will seek / I seek
• anveṣayāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu+√iṣ/इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bharttāram: a husband
• bharttāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• putryarthe: for (our) daughter’s sake
• putryarthe: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) = पुत्र्याः अर्थे (for the sake of the daughter)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha-dyotaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• manoharam: charming, handsome
• manoharam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manohara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying bharttāram)

Speaker

Gandharva father (responding to his wife)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Gandharva husband, addressed by his wife, replies with calm determination that he will search for a charming, worthy husband for their daughter.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva (father)
• Wife
• Daughter

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is shown as proactive responsibility—one should act to secure what is proper rather than delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a vow-like resolve within a narrative context.