Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं दधीचपत्नी सा पतिना स्वर्गमाव्रजत्

Transliteration

evaṃ dadhīcapatnī sā patinā svargamāvrajat

Translation

ఇలా దధీచి భార్య తన భర్తతో కలిసి స్వర్గానికి వెళ్లింది।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• dadhīca-patnī: Dadhīca’s wife
• dadhīca-patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhīca (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘dadhīcasya patnī’ (wife of Dadhīca)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• patinā: with (her) husband
• patinā: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Gati-karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āvrajat: went/attained
• āvrajat: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + vraj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: आ

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, solemn narrative beat: Suvarcā, as Dadhīci’s wife, departs with her husband to heaven—suggested as a luminous upward transition.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Suvarcā (Dadhīci’s wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic dharma ideal honors marital fidelity and spiritual union, culminating in higher worlds through righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Kedāra-khaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it states the result (attainment of heaven) within the story.