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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वेदिमध्यगतौ नित्यं पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ । एतत्संश्रूयते सूत विवाहः प्रागभूत्तयोः । ओषधिप्रस्थमासाद्य पुरं हिम वतः प्रियम्

Transliteration

vedimadhyagatau nityaṃ pārvatīparameśvarau | etatsaṃśrūyate sūta vivāhaḥ prāgabhūttayoḥ | oṣadhiprasthamāsādya puraṃ hima vataḥ priyam

Translation

Pārvatī and the Supreme Lord (Śiva) are ever present in the middle of the altar. It is heard, O Sūta, that their marriage once took place in ancient times upon reaching Oṣadhiprastha, the city dear to Himavat.

Word by Word
वेदि-मध्य-गतौhaving gone to/being in the altar’s middle
वेदि-मध्य-गतौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेदि (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (Case 1), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (वेदिमध्ये गतौ)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always)
पार्वती-परमेश्वरौPārvatī and Parameśvara
पार्वती-परमेश्वरौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), द्विवचन (Dual); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पार्वती च परमेश्वरश्च)
एतत्this (matter)
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन (Singular)
संश्रूयतेis heard/is reported
संश्रूयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-श्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)
सूतO Sūta
सूत:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Case 8), एकवचन (Singular)
विवाहःthe marriage
विवाहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन (Singular)
प्राक्formerly
प्राक्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राक् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (formerly/before)
अभूत्happened/was
अभूत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Case 6), द्विवचनार्थ (Dual genitive)
ओषधि-प्रस्थम्Oṣadhiprastha (place-name)
ओषधि-प्रस्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ओषधीनां प्रस्थम्)
आसाद्यhaving reached
आसाद्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ- सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
पुरम्the city
पुरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular)
हिमवतःof Himavat (Himalaya)
हिमवतः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Case 6), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रियम्dear/beloved
प्रियम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Ṛṣis (continuing their statement/inquiry to Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṣadhiprastha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijas/ṛṣis (questioners)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within a sanctified altar-courtyard, the vedi-center shines as the eternal seat of Pārvatī and Śiva; in the narrative background, the divine couple arrives at Oṣadhiprastha, a city beloved of Himavat, foreshadowing their marriage.

Characters & Entities
P
Pārvatī
P
Parameśvara (Śiva)
H
Himavat
O
Oṣadhiprastha
V
Vedi (altar)

FAQs

The divine couple sanctifies specific places through their līlā (marriage) and through continual presence in consecrated space.

Oṣadhiprastha is named as the setting associated with the divine marriage, linked with Himavat’s beloved city.

No explicit rite; it emphasizes the vedi-madhya (altar-center) as a locus of continual divine presence.

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