Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

अनेन प्रार्थिता कन्या मया चास्मै प्रदीयते । तत्किं निषेधयसि मां दीयमानां सुतामिमाम्

Transliteration

anena prārthitā kanyā mayā cāsmai pradīyate | tatkiṃ niṣedhayasi māṃ dīyamānāṃ sutāmimām

Translation

« Cet homme a demandé la jeune fille, et je lui donne ma fille. Pourquoi donc m'interdis-tu de donner cette fille qui est offerte ? »

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this (man)
• अनेन: Karana (करण) / agent-association
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रार्थिता: requested/asked for
• प्रार्थिता: Karma (कर्म) as predicate-participle
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-अर्थ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कन्या: the girl
• कन्या: Karta (कर्ता) (topic/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥/Agent-instrument (कर्ता/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• प्रदीयते: is being given
• प्रदीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• तत्: then/therefore
• तत्: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत सर्वनाम (indeclinable use) ‘therefore/then’

• किम्: what? why?
• किम्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; interrogative ‘what?’

• निषेधयसि: do you forbid/prevent
• निषेधयसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दीयमानाम्: being given
• दीयमानाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; agrees with सुताम्

• सुताम्: daughter
• सुताम्: Karma (कर्म) (object implied with ‘to give’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying सुताम्

Speaker

Bhārgava (father/sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense domestic court: a father asserts he will give his daughter to a suitor, while another figure forbids the act; the maiden stands silently, the atmosphere charged with impending wrongdoing.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is debated through reasons and counter-reasons; authority claims legitimacy through procedure (a request and a giving), yet the narrative tests whether procedure alone equals righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the implied context of kanyādāna (giving of a daughter) is present; no detailed rite (mantra, snāna, dāna) is specified here.