Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अयं कुलक्रमोऽस्माकं यद्भार्या पतिमुद्वहेत् । तत्रानुज्ञां समासाद्य परिणेष्यामि त्वामहम्

Transliteration

ayaṃ kulakramo'smākaṃ yadbhāryā patimudvahet | tatrānujñāṃ samāsādya pariṇeṣyāmi tvāmaham

Translation

«Telle est la coutume de notre lignée : que l’épouse choisisse et accueille l’époux. Ainsi, après avoir obtenu là-bas l’assentiment, je t’épouserai selon le rite.»

Word by Word

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• kulakramaḥ: family custom
• kulakramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula-krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kulasya kramaḥ)

• asmākam: of us, our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; 1st person pronoun

• yat: that (namely)
• yat: Avyaya (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः: सम्बन्धबोधक (relative particle) introducing clause; neuter acc./nom. sg. used adverbially

• bhāryā: a wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• udvahet: should marry (take in marriage)
• udvahet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+vah (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: therein, in that matter
• tatra: Avyaya (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक (locative/therein)

• anujñām: permission, consent
• anujñām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anujñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• samāsādya: having obtained/approached
• samāsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having approached/obtained’

• pariṇeṣyāmi: I will marry (lead around in marriage)
• pariṇeṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+ṇī (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन; 1st person pronoun

Speaker

Ghaṭotkaca (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakraprastha/Indraprastha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm declaration of lineage custom: the bride chooses the husband; the speaker vows to seek permission and then marry properly—emphasizing dharma over haste.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Maurvī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through kula-ācāra (family tradition) and anujñā (consent), ensuring rites are performed rightly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the focus is social-dhārmic procedure within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, marriage should be performed only after securing proper consent; no specific mantra or vrata is stated.