Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

दक्षकन्या पुराहं वै पित्रा दत्ता यदा तव । यथोक्तविधिना तत्र विवाहो न कृतस्त्वया

Transliteration

dakṣakanyā purāhaṃ vai pitrā dattā yadā tava | yathoktavidhinā tatra vivāho na kṛtastvayā

Translation

Прежде, когда я была дочерью Дакши и отец отдал меня тебе, ты не совершил там бракосочетания по предписанному обряду.

Word by Word

• दक्षकन्या: Dakṣa’s daughter
• दक्षकन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष-कन्या (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दक्षस्य कन्या)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/once)

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारण/खलु-अर्थ (indeed)

• पित्रा: by (my) father
• पित्रा: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘given’

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथोक्तविधिना: by the prescribed procedure
• यथोक्तविधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यथा-उक्त-विधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (यथा उक्तः विधिः)

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

• विवाहः: marriage
• विवाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• कृतः: performed
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘done/performed’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (recalling Satī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-smṛti locus (contextual) / Kedāra narrative frame

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā recalls: formerly as Dakṣa’s daughter, given by her father to Śiva, the marriage was not performed according to prescribed rite—tone of gentle reproach and desire for rectification.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī/Satī
• Śiva
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual propriety (vidhi) matters in dharma; neglecting due rites can create flaws that later manifest as conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it references the Dakṣa household episode as moral-historical background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse explicitly points to vivāha-vidhi (proper marriage rites) as having been omitted previously.