Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

प्रातिभो घातनश्चेति विवाहाः कथिता दश । एते हि हीनजातीनां विवाहाः परिकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

prātibho ghātanaśceti vivāhāḥ kathitā daśa | ete hi hīnajātīnāṃ vivāhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

Translation

‘ပရာတိဘ’ နှင့် ‘ဃာတန’ ဟူ၍ မင်္ဂလာပွဲများကို စုစုပေါင်း ဆယ်မျိုးဟု ဆိုထားသည်။ ဤတို့သည် အောက်တန်းဇာတိအုပ်စုများအတွက် မင်္ဂလာပုံစံများဟု ကြေညာထားခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• प्रातिभः: Prātibha (type)
• प्रातिभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिभा/प्रतिभू (प्रातिपदिक) + अण् (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त; (विवाह-प्रकारनाम)

• घातनः: Ghātana (type)
• घातनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घातन (प्रातिपदिक; from √हन्/घात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विवाह-प्रकारनाम)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निर्देशार्थक/उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• विवाहाः: marriages (types)
• विवाहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कथिताः: are stated
• कथिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Sankhya (संख्या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-रूपेण (indeclinable-like numeral)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (particle: 'indeed/for')

• हीनजातीनाम्: of the lower castes
• हीनजातीनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक) + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (हीनाः जातयः)

• विवाहाः: marriages (types)
• विवाहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परिकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/mentioned
• परिकीर्तिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sober discourse scene emphasizing classification and social gradation; the teacher points to a list of ten forms inscribed on a manuscript board.

Characters & Entities

• Prātibha (vivāha)
• Ghātana (vivāha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse presents a classificatory dharma framework, mapping different social contexts to different recognized forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It completes the enumeration of ten marriage forms by adding Prātibha and Ghātana.