Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

वर्षेष्टमे तु संप्राप्ते परिणीता द्विजन्मना । तस्मिन्नेव गृहे सर्पो मदीये वसते नृप

Transliteration

varṣeṣṭame tu saṃprāpte pariṇītā dvijanmanā | tasminneva gṛhe sarpo madīye vasate nṛpa

Translation

എട്ടാം വയസ്സിൽ ഒരു ബ്രാഹ്മണനുമായി എൻ്റെ വിവാഹം നടന്നു. ഹേ രാജാവേ! എൻ്റെ ആ വീട്ടിൽത്തന്നെ ആ പാമ്പും വസിച്ചിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• वर्षे: in the year
• वर्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• अष्टमे: eighth
• अष्टमे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (Neuter, Locative, Singular; ordinal)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had come; upon arrival
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सति-सप्तमी (Neuter, Locative, Singular; locative absolute)

• परिणीता: (I was) married
• परिणीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘married off’)

• द्विजन्मना: by a Brahmin
• द्विजन्मना: Karaṇa/Agent (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Locative, Singular)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• सर्पः: the serpent
• सर्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• मदीये: in my (house)
• मदीये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-विशेषण (Neuter, Locative, Singular; possessive adjective)

• वसते: dwells; lives
• वसते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Atmanepada)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (same narrator to the king, within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young girl at eight is married into a brāhmaṇa home; unseen in the same house, the serpent resides—domestic auspiciousness layered over concealed peril.

Characters & Entities

• dvija (twice-born)
• sarpa (serpent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Domestic life (gṛhastha) is also a field where past karma ripens, often through unexpected presences and trials.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra is the narrative setting, with the Māhātmya unfolding through lived experience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated here; the verse continues the karmic storyline.