Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । परिग्रहार्थं वे तेषां रुद्रेण च यमेन च । गन्धर्वकन्या आहृत्य दारास्तत्रोपकल्पिताः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | parigrahārthaṃ ve teṣāṃ rudreṇa ca yamena ca | gandharvakanyā āhṛtya dārāstatropakalpitāḥ

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「彼らが妻を迎えるために、ルドラとヤマがガンダルヴァの乙女たちを連れて来て、そこで妻として相応しく備えられたのだ。」

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• परिग्रहार्थम्: for the purpose of marriage/acceptance
• परिग्रहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (परिग्रहस्य अर्थः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक (emphatic particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• यमेन: by Yama
• यमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• गन्धर्वकन्याः: Gandharva maidens
• गन्धर्वकन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गन्धर्वाणां कन्याः)

• आहृत्य: having brought
• आहृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• दाराः: wives
• दाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• उपकल्पिताः: were arranged/provided
• उपकल्पिताः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-कल्प् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra and Yama, as cosmic authorities, bring Gandharva maidens to be given as wives to the cow-born attendants; a scene of divine escort and formal bestowal.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Yama
• Gandharva maidens
• Gojā anucarās (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly institutions like marriage can be portrayed as divinely supervised when they serve dharma and social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse continues a genealogical/narrative explanation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit reference to udvāha/parigraha (marriage-acceptance), but no step-by-step rite is described.