Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा गतस्तेन तस्मै दत्ता निजा सुता । गृह्योक्तेन विधानेन विवाहो विहितस्ततः

Transliteration

tathetyuktvā gatastena tasmai dattā nijā sutā | gṛhyoktena vidhānena vivāho vihitastataḥ

Translation

‘തഥാസ്തു’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് അവൻ അവനോടൊപ്പം പോയി; തന്റെ പുത്രിയെ അവനു നൽകി; തുടർന്ന് ഗൃഹ്യപരമ്പരയിൽ പറഞ്ഞ വിധിപ്രകാരം വിവാഹം വിധിവത്തായി നടന്നു।

Word by Word

• tathā: thus; so
• tathā: Sambandha (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘तथा’ = thus/so

• iti: thus (saying)
• iti: Sambandha (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala-kriya (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; ‘उक्त्वा’ = having said

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (finite sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam-धातोः क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘went’

• tena: by him; with him
• tena: Karaṇa / Sahakāraka (by/with him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘तेन’ = by him/with him

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘तस्मै’ = to him

• dattā: was given
• dattā: Kriya (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: datta (कृदन्त; √dā-धातोः क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘was given’

• nijā: his own
• nijā: Visheshana (adjective of sutā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘निजा’ = own

• sutā: daughter
• sutā: Karta (grammatical subject in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gṛhya-uktena: as stated in the Gṛhya (rites)
• gṛhya-uktena: Visheshana (qualifier of vidhānena)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛhya (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘गृह्योक्त’ = prescribed in the Gṛhya (sūtras)

• vidhānena: by the procedure; according to the rite
• vidhānena: Karaṇa (means/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• vivāhaḥ: marriage
• vivāhaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vihitaḥ: was performed; was duly done
• vihitaḥ: Kriya (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vihita (कृदन्त; vi + √dhā-धातोः क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘विहितः’ = was performed/ordained

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर-निर्देशक (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing reported story within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal wedding scene: the maiden is given (kanyādāna), ritual fire present, officiant recites, couple circumambulates; witnesses include king and queen; emphasis on gṛhya-vidhi orderliness.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛhya (ritual tradition)
• Vivāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through saṃskāras: marriage is legitimized by proper rite and prescribed procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it centers on domestic ritual correctness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vivāha performed according to Gṛhya-vidhi (domestic ritual injunctions).