Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे कन्याविवहितेन तु । तव वित्तं प्रदास्यामि सुखी येन भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me kanyāvivahitena tu | tava vittaṃ pradāsyāmi sukhī yena bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Portanto, concede-me teu favor, casando a donzela (a meu pedido). Eu te darei riquezas, pelas quais serás feliz.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरु: do, grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• कन्याविवहितेन: by/with the girl’s bridegroom (the one who married the girl)
• कन्याविवहितेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + विवाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd case), एकवचन; तृतीया-हेतौ/करणे; तत्पुरुषः (kanyāyāḥ vivahitaḥ—‘one who has married the girl’)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of contrast/emphasis)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Maṇibhadra (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man extends a pouch of coins/ornaments while requesting the girl’s marriage; the other party hesitates, torn between duty and greed; the girl is kept off to the side, unseen or in partial silhouette to show erasure of agency.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma should not be traded for wealth; the verse sets up a cautionary example of greed influencing sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; the tīrtha-māhātmya frame provides the sacred setting while the verse focuses on moral testing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A requested action: conducting a marriage; it is framed improperly as being induced by payment (vitta).