Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

परिणीता त्वया देव पित्रा दत्ता स्वयं नृप । त्वयाऽहं पट्टमहिषी कृता योषिद्वरा यतः

Transliteration

pariṇītā tvayā deva pitrā dattā svayaṃ nṛpa | tvayā'haṃ paṭṭamahiṣī kṛtā yoṣidvarā yataḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവാ, ഹേ നൃപാ! എന്റെ പിതാവ് സ്വയം എന്നെ നിനക്കു നൽകി, നീ എന്നെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്തു. നീ എന്നെ പട്ടമഹിഷിയായി, സ്ത്രീകളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠയായി, സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• परिणीता: married (led in marriage)
• परिणीता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिणीत (कृदन्त; √नी (धातु) उपसर्ग: परि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पित्रा: by (my/your) father
• पित्रा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु))
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• स्वयम्: personally, oneself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पट्ट-महिषी: chief queen
• पट्ट-महिषी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + महिषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृता: made
• कृता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु))
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• योषित्-वरा: best of women
• योषित्-वरा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यतः: since, because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/adverb) — हेतौ (causal: 'since/because')

Speaker

Mṛgyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal wedding/garlanding scene: the king accepts the princess given by her father; later she is enthroned as crowned queen (pattamahīṣī), adorned with regal ornaments, standing beside the king.

Characters & Entities

• king (nṛpa)
• father (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Royal life is framed by duty and social order; relationships are narrated as part of dharma and karmic unfolding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter belongs to Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; this verse itself does not name a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.