Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

दीयमानामपि न तां प्रतिगृह्णाति कश्चन । यद्भक्षयति भर्तारं षण्मासाभ्यंतरे हि सा

Transliteration

dīyamānāmapi na tāṃ pratigṛhṇāti kaścana | yadbhakṣayati bhartāraṃ ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare hi sā

Translation

Даже когда её отдавали замуж, никто не принимал её, ибо она пожирала бы своего мужа в течение шести месяцев.

Word by Word

• दीयमानाम्: (her) being given (in marriage)
• दीयमानाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीयमान (कृदन्त; दा (धातु) + शानच्/मान)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle: ‘being given’)

• अपि: even if
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (concessive ‘even if’)

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

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतिगृह्णाति: accepts
• प्रतिगृह्णाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कश्चन: anyone
• कश्चन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (‘anyone’)

• यत्: because (she)
• यत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (‘because/that which’)

• भक्षयति: devours
• भक्षयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• षण्मासाभ्यन्तरे: within six months
• षण्मासाभ्यन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्-मास-अभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (‘within six months’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

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

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Matchmakers and families refuse the offered bride; a shadowy, mythic hint of her devouring a husband within a half-year; the household sinks into fear.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions guided only by social arrangement (marriage) must be tempered by discernment; the text presents a cautionary, fate-laden narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative episode within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on the consequence attributed to her nature/marks.