Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

संप्रदानं तु कृतवान्कन्याया मधुसूदनः

Transliteration

saṃpradānaṃ tu kṛtavānkanyāyā madhusūdanaḥ

Translation

Then Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu) performed the saṃpradāna—the formal rite of giving the maiden away.

Word by Word

• saṃpradānam: the giving (as a gift), bestowal
• saṃpradānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: “but/indeed”)

• kṛtavān: did, performed
• kṛtavān: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kṛtavat (कृदन्त, क्तवतु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे परिपूर्णकृत्यर्थ (masc. nom. sg. perfective participle: “having done”)

• kanyāyāḥ: of the girl
• kanyāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. gen. sg.)

• madhusūdanaḥ: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• madhusūdanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मधुं सूदयति इति/मधोः सूदनः) (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (Madhusūdana) performs the formal saṃpradāna of the maiden—an officiating moment within the consecration, dignified and ritually precise.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Madhusūdana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded when sacred transitions are done through proper rites and rightful authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even marital/ritual formalities are portrayed as cosmic acts supporting yajña.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃpradāna (the formal giving of the maiden), akin to kanyā-dāna within a dharmic-ritual framework.