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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं पत्नीं समासाद्य गायत्रीं चतुराननः । संप्रहृष्टमना भूत्वा प्रस्थितो यज्ञमण्डपम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ patnīṃ samāsādya gāyatrīṃ caturānanaḥ | saṃprahṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā prasthito yajñamaṇḍapam

Translation

Sūta dit : Ayant ainsi obtenu Gāyatrī pour épouse, le Seigneur aux quatre visages (Brahmā), le cœur rempli de joie, se mit en route vers le pavillon du sacrifice.

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
पत्नीम्(his) wife
पत्नीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
समासाद्यhaving approached
समासाद्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having approached)
गायत्रीम्Gāyatrī
गायत्रीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
चतुराननःthe four-faced one (Brahmā)
चतुराननः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर् + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (one who has four faces)
संप्रहृष्टमनाwith delighted mind
संप्रहृष्टमना:
Karta-visheshaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-प्र-√हृष् (धातु) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (whose mind is greatly delighted)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)
प्रस्थितःset out / departed
प्रस्थितः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यज्ञमण्डपम्to the sacrificial pavilion
यज्ञमण्डपम्:
Gati-karma / Karmapravacanīya (Destination/गत्यर्थकर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yajñasya maṇḍapaḥ)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, newly united with Gāyatrī, sets out joyfully toward a decorated sacrificial pavilion; attendants and auspicious signs accompany the procession.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
G
Gāyatrī
B
Brahmā (Caturānana)
Y
Yajña-maṇḍapa

FAQs

Ritual action (yajña) is portrayed as most fruitful when aligned with dharma and proper relational order (patnī-sahita).

The broader setting is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, continuing the Gāyatrī-vivāha cycle.

Proceeding to the yajña-maṇḍapa—indicating the commencement/continuation of sacrificial rites with the duly wedded spouse.

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