Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कुलजां रूपसम्पन्नां सर्वलक्षणलक्षिताम् । उद्वाहयेत्ततः पत्नीं गुरुणानुमते तदा

Transliteration

kulajāṃ rūpasampannāṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitām | udvāhayettataḥ patnīṃ guruṇānumate tadā

Translation

Ensuite, avec l’assentiment du maître, qu’il prenne pour épouse une femme de bonne lignée, douée de beauté et portant tous les signes de bon augure.

Word by Word

• कुलजाम्: born of a good family
• कुलजाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलज (कुल + ज; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• रूप-सम्पन्नाम्: endowed with beauty
• रूप-सम्पन्नाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (पद्/पद्-सम् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• सर्व-लक्षण-लक्षिताम्: marked with all auspicious signs
• सर्व-लक्षण-लक्षिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षित (लक्ष् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• उद्वाहयेत्: should marry (lead in marriage)
• उद्वाहयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग); causative/णिजन्त: उद्वाहय (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रयोग (Adverb: thereafter)

• पत्नीम्: wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुरुणा: by the teacher
• गुरुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुमते: with the consent
• अनुमते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (Temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā context (not a specific tīrtha named in verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pre-wedding consultation: a student seeks his guru’s consent; the prospective bride is depicted with auspicious marks; ritual items hint at forthcoming vivāha.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Guru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life is to be entered with discipline and guidance—marriage is framed as a dharmic step taken with the guru’s approval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse is a dharma instruction within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription concerns vivāha (marriage) conducted with proper authorization (guruṇānumati) and implied rites.