Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः कन्यां दद्यात्स्वयमलंकृताम् । तस्य यत्फलमुद्दिष्टं तच्छृणुष्व नरोत्तम

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dadyātsvayamalaṃkṛtām | tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narottama

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും സ്വയം അലങ്കരിച്ച കന്യയെ (വിവാഹാർത്ഥം) ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, അവനു നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ഫലം കേൾക്കുക, ഹേ നരോത്തമാ.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• कन्याम्: a maiden; daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वयम्: personally; oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (emphatic adverb)

• अलंकृताम्: adorned; decorated
• अलंकृताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अलङ्कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् कन्याम्-समन्वयि

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object of ‘hear’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यत्-सम्बन्धि

• उद्दिष्टम्: declared; prescribed
• उद्दिष्टम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; फलम्-समन्वयि

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object of ‘hear’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश (correlative)

• शृणुष्व: hear; listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरोत्तम: O best of men
• नरोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः नरः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the riverbank at Agnitīrtha, a father performs kanyā-dāna: the maiden adorned, sacred fire present, priests chanting, water of the Revā nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Kanyā-dāna (rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Major life-rites (saṃskāra), when performed with dharma at a tīrtha, are magnified in spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Agnitīrtha introduced in the previous verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform kanyā-dāna (giving a daughter/maiden in marriage) at the tīrtha, with proper adornment and due rite.