Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सीतायाश्च विवाहार्थं लक्ष्मणेन समन्वितः । श्रुत्वा स्वयंवरं तस्याः पार्थिवानां समागमम्

Transliteration

sītāyāśca vivāhārthaṃ lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ | śrutvā svayaṃvaraṃ tasyāḥ pārthivānāṃ samāgamam

Translation

സീതയുടെ വിവാഹാർത്ഥം ലക്ഷ്മണനോടുകൂടി അദ്ദേഹം പുറപ്പെട്ടു; അവളുടെ സ്വയംവരവും അവിടെ കൂടിയ രാജാക്കന്മാരുടെ സംഗമവും അദ്ദേഹം കേട്ടറിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विवाहार्थम्: for (her) marriage
• विवाहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः/प्रयोजनवाचकः (विवाहाय अर्थः) — ‘for the purpose of marriage’

• लक्ष्मणेन: with Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणेन: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: accompanied, attended
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वित (√इ धातु/अन्वि-भाव; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (endowed/associated with)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रुत्वा (√श्रु धातु; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive), क्रियाविशेषण (having heard)

• स्वयंवरम्: the svayaṃvara (bride-choosing ceremony)
• स्वयंवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पार्थिवानाम्: of kings
• पार्थिवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• समागमम्: assembly, gathering
• समागमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mithilā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa traveling with purposeful calm; distant city of Mithilā; banners and arriving kings’ retinues; the rumor of svayaṃvara spreading among travelers.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Svayaṃvara
• Kings (pārthivāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma is sanctified when marriage is approached as a righteous duty aligned with divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates an event connected with Sītā’s svayaṃvara (traditionally associated with Mithilā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse references the social-ritual institution of svayaṃvara.