Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एवं तान्पूजयित्वा तु सम्यङ्न्यायेन पाण्डव । रुक्मिण्या विधिवत्पाणिं जग्राह मधुसूदनः

Transliteration

evaṃ tānpūjayitvā tu samyaṅnyāyena pāṇḍava | rukmiṇyā vidhivatpāṇiṃ jagrāha madhusūdanaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, les ayant honorés comme il se doit selon la juste coutume, ô Pāṇḍava, Madhusūdana prit, selon le rite, la main de Rukmiṇī en mariage.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having honored
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अनुवादक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• न्यायेन: by due procedure
• न्यायेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• रुक्मिण्याः: of Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिण्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: according to rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• पाणिम्: hand
• पाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जग्राह: took/held
• जग्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मधुं सूदयति इति = slayer of Madhu)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing “Pāṇḍava” (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana) respectfully honors the assembly and then takes Rukmiṇī’s hand in a lawful wedding rite—garlands, sacred fire, and attendants witnessing the pāṇigrahaṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Rukmiṇī
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine figures uphold maryādā—proper procedure and lawful conduct—in sacred rites like marriage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative event within Revākhaṇḍa’s broader sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat pāṇigrahaṇa (formal hand-taking) indicating marriage performed according to prescribed rites.