Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगं कुरुते योऽग्रजे स्थिते । परिवेत्ता स विज्ञेयः परिवित्तिस्तु पूर्वजः

Transliteration

dārāgnihotrasaṃyogaṃ kurute yo'graje sthite | parivettā sa vijñeyaḥ parivittistu pūrvajaḥ

Translation

മൂത്ത സഹോദരൻ അവിവാഹിതനായി നിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ ആരെങ്കിലും വിവാഹം ചെയ്ത് അഗ്നിഹോത്രസഹിത ഗാർഹസ്ഥ്യത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ ‘പരിവേത്താ’; മൂത്തവൻ ‘പരിവിത്തി’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगम्: the union of marriage and agnihotra (household rites)
• दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार + अग्निहोत्र + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does/undertakes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अग्रजे: when the elder brother
• अग्रजे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थिते: being present/remaining (unmarried)
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• परिवेत्ता: the younger who marries before the elder (parivettā)
• परिवेत्ता: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + वेत्ता (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √विद्/√वेद् (धातु) + तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विज्ञेयः: is to be known (as)
• विज्ञेयः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विज्ञेय (कृदन्त; वि+√ज्ञा (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (gerundive)

• परिवित्तिः: the elder brother who is passed over (parivitti)
• परिवित्तिः: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवित्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• पूर्वजः: the elder (brother)
• पूर्वजः: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brothers: the younger in wedding attire near a newly kindled household fire (Agnihotra), the elder standing aside with downcast gaze; elders and family observe, indicating social tension around order of saṃskāras.

Characters & Entities

• Agnihotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma upholds social and familial order; even life-stage transitions like marriage and fire-rites have prescribed propriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharma for householders is articulated alongside sacred-place glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It names the younger brother marrying/undertaking Agnihotra before the elder as parivettā, and the elder as parivitti.