Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अथ सा बंधुवर्गैश्च समेतेन कुमारिका । पित्रा प्रदत्ता कस्मैचिद्विधिना द्विजसूनवे

Transliteration

atha sā baṃdhuvargaiśca sametena kumārikā | pitrā pradattā kasmaicidvidhinā dvijasūnave

Translation

Entonces aquella doncella, acompañada por el círculo de sus parientes, fue entregada por su padre—conforme al rito debido—a cierto hijo de un brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बंधुवर्गैः: with the group of relatives
• बंधुवर्गैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधु (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बंधूनां वर्गः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• समेतेन: accompanied, together with
• समेतेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग रूपे तृतीया, एकवचन; सह-भावे (with, accompanied)

• कुमारिका: the maiden
• कुमारिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पित्रा: by (her) father
• पित्रा: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रदत्ता: given (in marriage)
• प्रदत्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सा/कुमारिका)

• कस्मै: to someone
• कस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थे

• चित्: some, certain
• चित्: Visheshana (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक निपात (enclitic particle)

• विधिना: according to rite, by procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• द्विजसूनवे: to the son of a twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विजसूनवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य सूनुः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely Purāṇic narrator such as Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding-giving scene: father formally gives the maiden to a brāhmaṇa’s son amid assembled relatives; ritual fire, water-pot, garlands, and auspicious items implied.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life begins through dharma-governed saṃskāras; marriage is presented as a rite performed with proper procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred place is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage is said to be done “vidhinā” (according to prescribed rite), implying adherence to śāstric procedure.