Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

जातिस्मरा नरेन्द्रस्य संजाता भवतः कुले । तस्माद्विवाहं नेच्छामि मम भर्ता नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

jātismarā narendrasya saṃjātā bhavataḥ kule | tasmādvivāhaṃ necchāmi mama bhartā nṛpottama

Translation

ഹേ നരേന്ദ്രാ, നിന്റെ കുലത്തിൽ ഞാൻ പൂർവജന്മസ്മൃതിയുള്ളവളായി ജനിച്ചു; അതിനാൽ എനിക്ക് വിവാഹം വേണ്ട—എന്റെ ഭർത്താവ് ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ രാജാവാണ്.

Word by Word

• जाति-स्मरा: remembering (a) former birth
• जाति-स्मरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (जातिं स्मरति इति)

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• संजाता: has arisen / has become
• संजाता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संजात (सम् + √जन् धातु; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकाले कृदन्त, विधेय-रूपेण

• भवतः: of you (hon.)
• भवतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• कुले: in (your) family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक; तस्मादिति रूपम्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal adverb: 'therefore/from that reason')

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (इच्छ्) धातु
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-उत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमो नृपः)

Speaker

Kanyā (the maiden)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The king (her father)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, resolute princess with contemplative eyes addresses the king, refusing marriage; behind her, a faint symbolic overlay of past-life scenes—river, bones, and a distant king—suggests remembered births.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic memory and destiny are presented as forces that can override social expectations, urging truthfulness and dharmic clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa context that culminates in instructions connected with the Narmadā (Revā) tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets the narrative cause for later tīrtha and ritual directions.