Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तदाऽनर्ताधिपो हृष्टः प्रेषयामास तं प्रति । विवाहार्थं सुविज्ञाय वाक्य मेतदुवाच ह

Transliteration

tadā'nartādhipo hṛṣṭaḥ preṣayāmāsa taṃ prati | vivāhārthaṃ suvijñāya vākya metaduvāca ha

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അനർത്താധിപൻ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ അവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ദൂതനെ അയച്ചു; ഇത് വിവാഹകാര്യമാണ് എന്ന് വ്യക്തമായി അറിഞ്ഞ് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• अनर्ताधिपः: the lord of Anarta
• अनर्ताधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्त + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अनर्तानाम् अधिपः)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, adjectival); प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (to send)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik (Direction/दिक्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्गसदृश-निपात, दिशावाचक (towards)

• विवाहार्थम्: for marriage
• विवाहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उद्देश्य (विवाहस्य अर्थः)

• सुविज्ञाय: having clearly understood
• सुविज्ञाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + वि-ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); क्त्वार्थे (having well understood)

• वाक्यम्: speech/message
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Qualifier within object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifier of वाक्यम्)

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

• ह: indeed/just
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पदपूरण/निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied by Purāṇic narration; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Anarta lord, joyful, dispatches a messenger; the envoy receives a sealed message or oral commission amid auspicious court sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Anarta
• Anartādhipa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly actions like marriage alliances are framed within dharma and narrated as part of a sacred landscape (kṣetra-māhātmya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a marriage-related message within the sacred narrative.