Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अहं त्वामुद्वहाम्यद्य कृत्वा पाणिग्रहं तव । यदि मद्वचनं सर्वं सर्वदैवानुतिष्ठसि

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvāmudvahāmyadya kṛtvā pāṇigrahaṃ tava | yadi madvacanaṃ sarvaṃ sarvadaivānutiṣṭhasi

Translation

«Aujourd’hui je t’épouserai, en prenant ta main selon le rite du pāṇigraha, si tu accomplis toujours toutes mes prescriptions.»

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थक; एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); लिङ्ग-निर्देशः न (common)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative)

• उद्वहामि: I marry / take (as wife)
• उद्वहामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having done’

• पाणिग्रहम्: hand-taking (marriage rite)
• पाणिग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पाणेः ग्रहः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (accusative)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन, षष्ठी (6th case, genitive)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• मत्-वचनम्: my word/command
• मत्-वचनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठ्यर्थक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘मम वचनम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (accusative)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (accusative)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अनुतिष्ठसि: you follow/obey
• अनुतिष्ठसि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (kuṣṭhavyādhi-gṛhīta, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn marriage proposal: a learned brāhmaṇa-like figure promises immediate marriage, extending his hand; the maiden listens with composed resolve; ritual items hint at impending vivāha.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Dīrghakanyā/Dīrghikā
• udvāha
• pāṇigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in household life is grounded in commitment and obedience to rightful guidance; sacred union is tied to disciplined conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not itself identify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṇigraha (the formal hand-taking) and udvāha (marriage) are explicitly stated, framed with a condition of ongoing observance (anutiṣṭhāna) of instructions.