Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

पत्नी चानीयतां तस्य मणिभद्रस्य वै गृहात् । निजकान्तस्य विज्ञाने सा प्रमाणं भविष्यति

Transliteration

patnī cānīyatāṃ tasya maṇibhadrasya vai gṛhāt | nijakāntasya vijñāne sā pramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

మణిభద్రుని ఇంటి నుండి అతని భార్యను తీసుకురావాలి. ఆమె తన నిజమైన ప్రియుడిని గుర్తించి తీర్పుకు ప్రమాణంగా నిలుస్తుంది।

Word by Word

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• ānīyatām: let (her) be brought
• ānīyatām: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + nī (नी धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• maṇibhadrasya: of Maṇibhadra
• maṇibhadrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇibhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (proper name)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

• gṛhāt: from the house
• gṛhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• nija-kāntasya: of her own beloved (husband)
• nija-kāntasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (निजः कान्तः = one's own beloved/husband); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vijñāne: in recognition/identification
• vijñāne: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pramāṇam: proof, authority
• pramāṇam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

King Bṛhatsena (implied by immediate narrative context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king orders the wife to be brought from Maṇibhadra’s house; she will identify her true husband, becoming the decisive proof; the court anticipates the moment of recognition.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhatsena
• Maṇibhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma seeks valid proof (pramāṇa) and relies on appropriate witnesses to establish truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a dhārmic method of ascertainment rather than a rite.