Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

सुतो मलयकेतोस्तां कालेन परिणीतवान् । माल्यकेतुरनंगश्रीः पित्रा दत्तां कलावतीम्

Transliteration

suto malayaketostāṃ kālena pariṇītavān | mālyaketuranaṃgaśrīḥ pitrā dattāṃ kalāvatīm

Translation

အချိန်ကြာလာသော် မလယကေတု၏ သား—အနင်္ဂ (ကာမဒေဝ) ၏ အလှတရားဖြင့် တောက်ပသော မာလျကေတု—သည် ဖခင်က ပေးအပ်ထားသော ကလာဝတီကို လက်ထပ်하였다။

Word by Word

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मलयकेतोः: of Malayaketu
• मलयकेतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलयकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कालेन: in time, in due course
• कालेन: Karana (Means/Instrument; here time circumstance/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘समये/कालेन’ = in due course

• परिणीतवान्: married
• परिणीतवान्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√नी (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (perfective past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having married/taken (as wife)’

• माल्यकेतुः: Mālyaketu
• माल्यकेतुः: Karta (Subject in apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्यकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सुतः इत्यस्य विशेष्य/नाम

• अनङ्गश्रीः: having the beauty of Ananga (Cupid)
• अनङ्गश्रीः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनङ्ग-श्री (प्रातिपदिक; अनङ्ग + श्री)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अनङ्गस्य श्रीरिव/अनङ्गश्रीः = कामदेव-सदृश-शोभः)

• पित्रा: by the father
• पित्रा: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दत्ताम्: given
• दत्ताम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कलावतीम् विशेषणम्

• कलावतीम्: Kalāvatī
• कलावतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly framed as Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal wedding: Mālyaketu, youthful and radiant, receives Kalāvatī given by Malayaketu; garlands, sacred fire, and courtly splendor frame the union.

Characters & Entities

• Malayaketu
• Mālyaketu
• Anaṅga (Kāma)
• Kalāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic threads continue through time, shaping relationships and social duties; marriage here is shown as part of worldly dharma within saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse; it continues the narrative within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a marriage arrangement.