Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एवं गुणगणाकीर्णं कश्यपं द्विजसत्तमम् । ज्ञात्वा प्रजापतिर्दक्षो भार्यार्थे स्वसुतां ददौ

Transliteration

evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvijasattamam | jñātvā prajāpatirdakṣo bhāryārthe svasutāṃ dadau

Translation

अशा रीतीने गुणसमूहांनी परिपूर्ण, द्विजश्रेष्ठ कश्यपाला जाणून प्रजापती दक्षाने विवाहार्थ आपली कन्या त्याला दिली.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गुणगणाकीर्णम्: filled with a multitude of qualities
• गुणगणाकीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण + गण + आकीर्ण (कृदन्त; √कॄ/कीर्?; आ-√कॄ/कीर्, 'to scatter/fill')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) 'आकीर्ण' = 'filled'; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• कश्यपम्: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• द्विजसत्तमम्: the best of the twice-born
• द्विजसत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• प्रजापतिः: the Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (apposition to प्रजापतिः)

• भार्यार्थे: for (as) a wife
• भार्यार्थे: Adhikarana (Purpose/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (locative of purpose)

• स्वसुताम्: his own daughter
• स्वसुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa narrative continuum

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prajāpati Dakṣa, dignified and regal, offers his daughter in marriage to sage Kaśyapa, portrayed as austere yet radiant with virtue; attendants and ritual fire suggest a formal vivāha-saṅkalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Dakṣa
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma is sanctified when grounded in virtue; moral excellence is presented as the true qualification for sacred alliances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; this is genealogical context supporting the later tirtha-mahātmya and siddha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage (vivāha) is referenced as a dharmic institution, but no ritual details are specified here.