Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कन्या हस्तग्रहं तत्र याऽप्नोति पतिना सह । सा स्यात्पुत्रवती साध्वी सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता

Transliteration

kanyā hastagrahaṃ tatra yā'pnoti patinā saha | sā syātputravatī sādhvī sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā

Translation

A donzela que, naquele lugar sagrado, obtém com o esposo o rito da tomada da mão, torna-se abençoada com filhos, firme na virtude, e dotada de felicidade e boa fortuna conjugal.

Word by Word

• कन्या: a maiden
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• हस्तग्रहं: hand-taking (marriage rite)
• हस्तग्रहं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• आप्नोति: obtains/attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पतिना: with a husband
• पतिना: Sahakari (Instrument/Associate; सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; संकेतक सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• स्यात्: would be/shall become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पुत्रवती: having a son/sons
• पुत्रवती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित) → पुत्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण ('having sons')

• साध्वी: virtuous
• साध्वी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) विशेषण ('endowed with')

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (within Sūta’s narration in Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gāyatrī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija audience addressed in the chapter’s discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding scene at the tīrtha: bride and groom performing hastagrahaṇa near a sacred waterbody; a Devī shrine in the background; priests chanting; women holding lamps; auspicious items (mangala-kalasha, turmeric, flowers).

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī (implied by chapter context)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)
• Gāyatrī-tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed at a sanctified tīrtha is said to mature into both worldly well-being and moral excellence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to ‘tatra’—the praised locale in this section: Gāyatrī-tīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hastagraha—the formal hand-taking rite of marriage—performed at the tīrtha.