Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कन्या हस्तग्रहं तत्र याऽप्नोति पतिना सह । सा स्यात्पुत्रवती साध्वी सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता

Transliteration

kanyā hastagrahaṃ tatra yā'pnoti patinā saha | sā syātputravatī sādhvī sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā

Translation

La jeune fille qui, en ce lieu sacré, reçoit avec son époux le rite de la prise de la main, devient mère de fils, femme vertueuse et chaste, comblée de bonheur et de bonne fortune conjugale.

Word by Word

• कन्या: a maiden
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• हस्तग्रहं: hand-taking (marriage rite)
• हस्तग्रहं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• आप्नोति: obtains/attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पतिना: with a husband
• पतिना: Sahakari (Instrument/Associate; सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; संकेतक सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• स्यात्: would be/shall become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पुत्रवती: having a son/sons
• पुत्रवती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित) → पुत्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण ('having sons')

• साध्वी: virtuous
• साध्वी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) विशेषण ('endowed with')

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (within Sūta’s narration in Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gāyatrī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija audience addressed in the chapter’s discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding scene at the tīrtha: bride and groom performing hastagrahaṇa near a sacred waterbody; a Devī shrine in the background; priests chanting; women holding lamps; auspicious items (mangala-kalasha, turmeric, flowers).

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī (implied by chapter context)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)
• Gāyatrī-tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed at a sanctified tīrtha is said to mature into both worldly well-being and moral excellence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to ‘tatra’—the praised locale in this section: Gāyatrī-tīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hastagraha—the formal hand-taking rite of marriage—performed at the tīrtha.