Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

न मे पाणिग्रहं कश्चिन्नागरोऽत्र करिष्यति । बुध्यमानस्तु स्मृत्यर्थं वक्ष्य माणं वरानने

Transliteration

na me pāṇigrahaṃ kaścinnāgaro'tra kariṣyati | budhyamānastu smṛtyarthaṃ vakṣya māṇaṃ varānane

Translation

ఇక్కడ ఏ నాగరుడూ నా పాణిగ్రహణం (వివాహం) చేయడు; అయితే ఓ సుందరముఖీ, అతడు గ్రహించినప్పుడు స్మరణార్థంగా (దృష్టాంతంగా) చెప్పును.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन (singular)

• पाणिग्रहम्: hand-taking (marriage)
• पाणिग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• नागरः: a townsman/citizen
• नागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• बुध्यमानः: understanding/realizing
• बुध्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुध् (धातु) → बुध्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदीय-शतृ/शानच् (present participle: 'being aware/understanding'), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थ (indeed)

• स्मृत्यर्थम्: for the sake of remembrance
• स्मृत्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular), प्रयोजनार्थे (accusative of purpose)

• वक्ष्यमाणम्: what is to be said
• वक्ष्यमाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → वक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भविष्यत्काले कर्मणि कृदन्त (future passive participle: 'to be said'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇī (speech continues)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman speaks with resolve and fear: ‘No Nāgara will marry me’; a listener stands conflicted; the setting suggests a community near a sacred place.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by appealing to remembered norms (smṛti) and public accountability within society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references pāṇigraha (marriage hand-taking) but gives no step-by-step ritual instruction.