Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

आत्मानं चापि देवाय प्रददौ सोदकं नगः । ततः सर्वे तुष्टुवुस्तं विवाहं विस्मयान्विताः

Transliteration

ātmānaṃ cāpi devāya pradadau sodakaṃ nagaḥ | tataḥ sarve tuṣṭuvustaṃ vivāhaṃ vismayānvitāḥ

Translation

नगः शैलोऽपि देवाय सोदकं स्वात्मानं प्रददौ। ततः सर्वे विस्मयान्विताः तं विवाहं तुष्टुवुः॥

Word by Word

• ātmānam: himself
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• devāya: to the god
• devāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pradadau: gave, bestowed
• pradadau: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sa-udakam: with water
• sa-udakam: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier of gift)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘उदकेन सहितम्’

• nagaḥ: the mountain (Himālaya)
• nagaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then)

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tuṣṭuvuḥ: praised
• tuṣṭuvuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vivāham: the marriage
• vivāham: Karma (कर्म/Object; thing praised)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vismaya-anvitāḥ: filled with amazement
• vismaya-anvitāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier of sarve)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (√i + क्त, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘विस्मयेन अन्विताः’ (endowed with wonder)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavat, dignified and immense, offers not only his daughter with udaka but symbolically his own allegiance; assembled gods and sages erupt into astonished praise of the wedding.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Himālaya
• Devas and sages (all)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True offering includes not only gifts but wholehearted dedication to dharma and divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is mentioned; the verse centers on the divine wedding ceremony.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The repeated mention of “sodaka” points to the formal water-libation that seals a sacred gift or handover.