Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

उपयेमे सुतः पांडोर्यां पार्थश्चारुहासिनीम् । जज्ञे तस्याः सुतो वीरोऽभिमन्युरिति विश्रुतः

Transliteration

upayeme sutaḥ pāṃḍoryāṃ pārthaścāruhāsinīm | jajñe tasyāḥ suto vīro'bhimanyuriti viśrutaḥ

Translation

பாண்டுவின் புதல்வன் பார்த்தன் (அர்ஜுனன்) அந்த இனிய புன்னகையுடைய அழகிய கன்னியை மணந்தான். அவளிடமிருந்து ஒரு வீரப் புதல்வன் பிறந்தான்; அவன் ‘அபிமன்யு’ என உலகில் புகழ்பெற்றான்।

Word by Word

• upayeme: married
• upayeme: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• sutaḥ: son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pāṇḍoḥ: of Pāṇḍu
• pāṇḍoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• yām: whom
• yām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• pārthaḥ: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• pārthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• cāru-hāsinīm: the charming-smiling (woman)
• cāru-hāsinīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + hāsinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास

• jajñe: was born
• jajñe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• sutaḥ: a son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vīraḥ: heroic
• vīraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• abhimanyuḥ: Abhimanyu
• abhimanyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhimanyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• iti: thus / as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: well-known
• viśrutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified marriage scene: Arjuna (Pārtha) takes Mādhavī, the sweet-smiling maiden, as bride; a secondary vignette foreshadows the birth of Abhimanyu, depicted as a radiant child with heroic omens.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Abhimanyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It connects sacred narration with dharmic lineage, showing how Purāṇic tīrtha-stories preserve memory of righteous heroes and their origins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues a tīrtha-māhātmya context, but the specific site name is not stated in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is primarily genealogical narration.