Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

कन्यादानं च यः कुर्यादस्मिन्क्षेत्रे च पुत्रक । उद्वाहपरिपूतात्मा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

kanyādānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādasminkṣetre ca putraka | udvāhaparipūtātmā brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

ഹേ പുത്രകാ! ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും കന്യാദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, വിവാഹസംസ്കാരത്താൽ പരിശുദ്ധാത്മാവായി ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തിൽ ആദരിക്കപ്പെടും।

Word by Word

• kanyādānam: gift of a maiden (kanyādāna)
• kanyādānam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• kuryāt: should do/performs
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kṣetre: field/sacred place
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• putraka: O dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• udvāhaparipūtātmā: one whose self is purified by marriage rites
• udvāhaparipūtātmā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udvāha + paripūta + ātmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (उद्वाहेन परिपूतः आत्मा यस्य) इति विशेषणवत् प्रयोगः

• brahmaloke: in Brahma-world
• brahmaloke: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (passive sense: is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravikṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putraka / dear child (as addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marriage procession within Ravikṣetra: the father performs kanyādāna with sacred fire, priest reciting mantras; Sūrya shines overhead; the scene emphasizes purity and solemn joy; a subtle vision of Brahmaloka as a luminous realm above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Kanyādāna
• Ravikṣetra (implied: asmin kṣetre)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder duties, when performed in a sanctified setting and with dharmic intent, become powerful sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘field’ (kṣetra) of the passage—Ravikṣetra associated with Ravikuṇḍa/Bakulārka in Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna (the charitable/dharmic act of giving a daughter in marriage) performed within the kṣetra.