Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

न च संकल्पविधिना मया पाणिग्रहः कृतः । अधुनैव मया कार्यं कर्मविस्तारणं बहु

Transliteration

na ca saṃkalpavidhinā mayā pāṇigrahaḥ kṛtaḥ | adhunaiva mayā kāryaṃ karmavistāraṇaṃ bahu

Translation

మరియు నేను సంకల్పవిధి ప్రకారం పాణిగ్రహణం (వివాహక్రియ) చేయలేదు. ఇప్పుడు నాకు అనేక కర్మలను విధివిధానంగా విస్తరించి నిర్వహించవలసి ఉంది।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• संकल्प-विधिना: by the prescribed rite of resolve (saṅkalpa)
• संकल्प-विधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna/vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (संकल्पस्य विधिः/विधानम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम

• पाणिग्रहः: the marriage rite (hand-taking)
• पाणिग्रहः: Karma (Patient/Subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘hand-taking’ = marriage rite

• कृतः: was performed
• कृतः: Kriyā (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was done’

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (now)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कार्यम्: a task / what must be done
• कार्यम्: Karma (Thing to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘to be done’ (gerundive/ण्यम्) used as noun

• कर्म-विस्तारणम्: the expansion/extension of duties
• कर्म-विस्तारणम्: Karma (Apposition to kāryam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + vistāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः विस्तारणम्)

• बहु: much, many
• बहु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कार्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as dharma-siddhi field)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva admits that earlier the pāṇigraha (hand-taking) was not done with formal saṅkalpa-vidhi; he resolves to undertake extensive actions now to set matters in order.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Saṅkalpa
• Pāṇigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values proper intention and procedure: sacred acts are strengthened when performed with correct resolve and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṅkalpa-vidhi (formal resolve) and pāṇigraha (hand-taking) are referenced as components of proper marriage-rite procedure.