Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

य आनीय प्रदद्यान्मे तस्मै कन्यां ददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

ya ānīya pradadyānme tasmai kanyāṃ dadāmyaham

Translation

«Quiconque les apportera et me les remettra, à celui-là je donnerai ma fille.»

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/absolutive): ‘having brought’

• प्रदद्यात्: should give
• प्रदद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Gādhi

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛcīka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king pronounces the final condition: bring and present the horses, and the daughter will be given. The sage stands poised, accepting the rule as a sacred challenge.

Characters & Entities

• Gādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pledged word (satya-vacana) structures dharma in Purāṇic narratives—promises shape destinies and sacred events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, Aśvatīrtha—since this vow triggers the events that sanctify the Gaṅgā-bank site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyā-dāna is referenced as the outcome; the ritual means to fulfill the condition appears in later verses (japa).