Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यूयमानंदिताः सर्वाः सपत्न्या मम चोत्सवे । तां प्रणम्य प्रपूज्याद्य नाहं संभाषितापि च

Transliteration

yūyamānaṃditāḥ sarvāḥ sapatnyā mama cotsave | tāṃ praṇamya prapūjyādya nāhaṃ saṃbhāṣitāpi ca

Translation

«ကျွန်ုပ်၏ ပွဲတော်တွင် သင်တို့အားလုံးသည် ကျွန်ုပ်၏ မယားပြိုင်နှင့်အတူ ပျော်ရွှင်ခဲ့ကြသည်။ သို့သော် ယနေ့ သင်တို့သည် သူမကို ဦးညွတ်၍ ပူဇော်ကာ ဂုဏ်ပြုသော်လည်း ကျွန်ုပ်နှင့် စကားတစ်ခွန်းတောင် မပြောခဲ့ကြပါ»။

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• आनंदिताः: delighted
• आनंदिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-नन्द् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘(यूयम्) आनंदिताः’ = delighted

• सर्वाः: all (of you women)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (स्त्रीसमूहवाचक)

• सपत्न्या: together with the co-wife
• सपत्न्या: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्सवे: at (my) festival
• उत्सवे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

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

• प्रणम्य: having bowed (to her)
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive), ‘having bowed’

• प्रपूज्य: having worshipped (her)
• प्रपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having duly worshipped’

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Temporal (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: today/now)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• संभाषिता: addressed/spoken to
• संभाषिता: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भाष् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(अहम्) संभाषिता’ = spoken to/addressed

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Emphasis (अवधारण/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified woman (a wife speaking; mentions 'sapatnī'—co-wife)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sannidhi/Audumbarī (contextual)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva-sattama (contextual continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine female figure speaks with wounded dignity to a group of women: they celebrated with her co-wife and honored the other, yet ignored her presence; the scene is set amid festival decorations.

Characters & Entities

• sapatnī (co-wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes right conduct toward people; outward honor without fairness, empathy, or truthful speech becomes a cause of relational and karmic disorder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is intra-story dialogue within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha focus emerges in the later remedial instruction (worship of Audumbarī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only implied: acts of bowing and honoring (praṇāma, pūjā) are referenced, not a formal rite.