Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

चतुर्दंतगजारूढस्तत्प्रतिज्ञां च पूरयन् । स्वनयस्य सुतापाणिं ग्रहीष्यामि नराधिप

Transliteration

caturdaṃtagajārūḍhastatpratijñāṃ ca pūrayan | svanayasya sutāpāṇiṃ grahīṣyāmi narādhipa

Translation

«Monté sur l’éléphant aux quatre défenses, et accomplissant ce vœu solennel, je prendrai en mariage la main de la fille de Svanaya, ô seigneur des hommes.»

Word by Word

• चतुर्दन्तगजारूढः: mounted on a four-tusked elephant
• चतुर्दन्तगजारूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक) + दन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + गज (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त, √रुह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle) ‘आरूढ’ = ‘mounted’; समासः: चतुर्दन्तः (कर्मधारय/द्विगु-भावः ‘four-tusked’) + गजः (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्बन्ध) → चतुर्दन्तगजः; तत्र आरूढः (तत्पुरुष)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘that’ (as determiner)

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: promise, vow
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूरयन्: fulfilling
• पूरयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (participial, concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरयत् (कृदन्त, √पॄ/पूर् caus. पूरयति)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी-भावः

• स्वनयस्य: of Svanaya
• स्वनयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुतापाणिम्: the hand of (his) daughter (in marriage)
• सुतापाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सुतायाः पाणिः = ‘daughter’s hand’

• ग्रहीष्यामि: I will take (accept)
• ग्रहीष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष: नराणाम् अधिपः

Speaker

Kakṣīvān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhurā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-hero (Kakṣīvān) mounted on a majestic four-tusked elephant, declaring his intent to fulfill a vow and accept the bride’s hand before a royal assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Kakṣīvān
• Svanaya (king)
• Svanaya's daughter
• caturdanta-gaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping one’s vow (pratijñā) is a central pillar of dharma; sacred relationships are founded on truthfulness and commitment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse belongs to Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu Māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly the marriage rite (pāṇigrahaṇa—taking the hand), but no procedural details are given.