Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
Devanagari script
अतस्त्वां वरये देवि भार्या मे भव सुव्रते
Transliteration
atastvāṃ varaye devi bhāryā me bhava suvrate
Translation
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ദേവി! ഞാൻ നിന്നെ വരിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ സുവ്രതേ! നീ എന്റെ ഭാര്യയാകുക.
Word by Word
अतःtherefore
अतः:
Hetu-phala (Consequence marker/हेतु-फल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (हेतुफलवाचक/adverb): ‘therefore’
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम/pronoun; द्वितीया, एकवचन
वरयेI choose
वरये:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु)
Formलट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘I choose’
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Vidhaya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate nominative)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम/pronoun; षष्ठी, एकवचन
भवbe
भव:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सुव्रतेO woman of good vows
सुव्रते:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (अव्यय) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) → सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय: ‘सु-व्रता’ = ‘श्रेष्ठ-व्रता’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
Speaker
The Mountain (personified Parvata)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The mountain-deity, imposing and majestic, formally ‘chooses’ Sarasvatī as wife; the moment is half-ritual, half-assertion, set against the sacred coastal kṣetra.
Characters & Entities
S
Sarasvatī (Devī)P
Personified Mountain (Parvata/Giri)FAQs
Desire and choice appear within sacred narrative, setting up a dharma-discussion about rightful conduct and protection.
The episode is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking the land’s features with divine events.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a narrative proposal (varaṇa/udvāha context).