Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तेन विधानेन तां कन्यां समयोजयत् । पाणिग्रहेण विधिना द्विजातिगणसंवृतः

Transliteration

vedoktena vidhānena tāṃ kanyāṃ samayojayat | pāṇigraheṇa vidhinā dvijātigaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ

Translation

Selon l’ordonnance enseignée par les Veda, il unit cette jeune fille par le mariage. Entouré de la multitude des « deux-fois-nés », le rite s’acheva par le pāṇigraha prescrit, la prise de la main de l’épouse.

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तेन: prescribed by the Veda
• वेदोक्तेन: Karana (Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वेदेन उक्तम्) ‘enjoined in the Veda’

• विधानेन: by the procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समयोजयत्: joined/united (in marriage)
• समयोजयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पाणिग्रहेण: by the rite of hand-taking
• पाणिग्रहेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पाणेः ग्रहणम्) ‘hand-taking’

• विधिना: according to the rule
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजातिगणसंवृतः: surrounded by the assembly of twice-born
• द्विजातिगणसंवृतः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विजाति + गण + संवृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (द्विजातीनां गणेन संवृतः) ‘surrounded by a group of twice-born’

Speaker

Deductive (narrator in Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic wedding rite: the maiden and bridegroom joined by pāṇigraha before the sacred fire, surrounded by rows of twice-born chanting and holding ritual implements.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Dvijātis (twice-born)
• Pāṇigraha (marriage rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded by śāstra: even exalted events are performed in alignment with Vedic injunctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the Vedic rite within a tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedo-kta marriage procedure and pāṇigraha (taking the bride’s hand) are explicitly stated.