Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अथ सा प्राह भूयोऽपि विवाहकृतमंगला । आदेशं देहि मे नाथ यं करोमि तवाधुना

Transliteration

atha sā prāha bhūyo'pi vivāhakṛtamaṃgalā | ādeśaṃ dehi me nātha yaṃ karomi tavādhunā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ വിവാഹസംസ്കാരത്താൽ മംഗളമയയായ അവൾ വീണ്ടും പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നാഥാ! എനിക്ക് ആജ്ഞ തരുക; ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ നിനക്കായി എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം?

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (nominative)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• विवाह-कृत-मङ्गला: whose auspicious rites were performed for marriage / made auspicious by marriage
• विवाह-कृत-मङ्गला: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (‘विवाहेन कृतं मङ्गलं यस्याः/या’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (nominative) — सा इति विशेष्य

• आदेशम्: instruction, command
• आदेशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (accusative)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन, चतुर्थी (dative enclitic)

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन (vocative)

• यम्: which (instruction)
• यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (accusative) — आदेशम् इति सम्बन्धि

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन, षष्ठी (genitive)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now)

Speaker

The wife (newly married maiden)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newlywed bride, radiant with maṅgala signs, addresses her husband with folded hands, asking for his instruction; the mandapa still decorated with garlands.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness matures into service: dharmic marriage expresses itself as readiness to support righteous aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified yet; the verse introduces the intention that will lead to multi-tīrtha pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights post-marriage dharma of seeking the spouse’s righteous instruction.