Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तेन तां ब्राह्मणीं कृत्वा पश्चात्तस्याः परिग्रहम् । गृह्योक्तविधिना चक्रे पुरःस्थोऽपि पितामहः

Transliteration

tena tāṃ brāhmaṇīṃ kṛtvā paścāttasyāḥ parigraham | gṛhyoktavidhinā cakre puraḥstho'pi pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, l’ayant faite brāhmaṇī, le Grand-Père (Brahmā), bien qu’assis au premier rang, accomplit ensuite son acceptation comme épouse selon la règle enseignée par les rites gṛhya.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्राह्मणीम्: a brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मणीम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्म-समानााधिकरण (object complement with कृत्वा)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having made'

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/कालवाचक-अव्यय (sequencing/temporal adverb)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिग्रहम्: acceptance (as wife)/marriage taking
• परिग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari-graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृह्योक्तविधिना: by the procedure stated in the Gṛhya rites
• गृह्योक्तविधिना: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhya (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'as stated in the Gṛhya (sūtras)' + 'procedure'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रे: performed/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पुरःस्थः: standing in front
• पुरःस्थः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puras (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'in front' + 'standing'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying पितामहः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थ-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the grandsire)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, seated prominently, conducts gṛhya-sanctioned acceptance of the transformed brāhmaṇī as wife; ritual implements, fire, and attendants frame a formal wedding moment.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Gṛhya-vidhi
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often insist that even extraordinary circumstances are to be regularized through dharma-śāstric procedure, affirming ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a narrative step within the tīrtha-māhātmya; the site context is established in the chapter’s surrounding description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage/acceptance (parigraha) is said to be done according to Gṛhya-ukta-vidhi (domestic-ritual injunctions).