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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

लक्षणानि मयोक्तानि सुखाय गृहमेधिनाम् । विवाहानपि वक्ष्यामि तन्निबोध घटोद्भव

Transliteration

lakṣaṇāni mayoktāni sukhāya gṛhamedhinām | vivāhānapi vakṣyāmi tannibodha ghaṭodbhava

Translation

ગૃહસ્થોના સુખ માટે મેં આ લક્ષણો કહ્યાં છે. હે ઘટોદ્ભવ (અગસ્ત્ય)! હવે હું વિવાહના પ્રકારો પણ કહીશ, તે તમે સાંભળો.

Word by Word
लक्षणानिsigns/marks
लक्षणानि:
Karma/Topic (कर्म/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
उक्तानिsaid/declared
उक्तानि:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (have been said)
सुखायfor happiness
सुखाय:
Sampradana/Purpose (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the sake of)
गृहमेधिनाम्of householders
गृहमेधिनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहमेधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन
विवाहान्marriage types
विवाहान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (addition/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also)
वक्ष्यामिI will explain
वक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; वाक्य-विषय (that)
निबोधunderstand/heed
निबोध:
Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + बुध् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
घटोद्भवO pot-born one (Agastya)
घटोद्भव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootघट + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष-समासः (घटात् उद्भवः)
Speaker

Skanda

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal dialogue moment: the speaker closes one topic (lakṣaṇa) and opens another (vivāha types); Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava) sits as attentive listener; manuscript scroll unfurled to a new section heading.

Characters & Entities
A
Agastya

FAQs

Dharma teaching is aimed at gṛhastha well-being; marriage is treated as a sacred institution requiring informed understanding.

No single tīrtha is named; the verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered framework.

It introduces an upcoming doctrinal explanation of marriage types; no specific rite is described in this verse.

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