Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अन्यजातेर्मृतस्याथ धृता वापि विवाहिता । वैश्वानरस्य मार्गेण सा तमुद्धरते पतिम्

Transliteration

anyajātermṛtasyātha dhṛtā vāpi vivāhitā | vaiśvānarasya mārgeṇa sā tamuddharate patim

Translation

ఇతర జాతికి చెందిన పురుషుడు మరణించిన తరువాత ఆమెను ఎవరైనా స్వీకరించినా లేదా వివాహం చేసుకున్నా, వైశ్వానర-మార్గముచేత ఆమె ఆ భర్తను ఉద్ధరించగలదు.

Word by Word

• anyajāteḥ: of another caste
• anyajāteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—अन्य-जाति (भिन्नजातिः)

• mṛtasya: of the dead (man)
• mṛtasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/प्रसङ्गबोधक (then/now)

• dhṛtā: taken/accepted (as wife)
• dhṛtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhṛ (कृदन्त; धृत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• vivāhitā: married
• vivāhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√vah (कृदन्त; विवाहित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• vaiśvānarasya: of Vaiśvānara (fire)
• vaiśvānarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśvānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mārgeṇa: by the path/means
• mārgeṇa: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• uddharate: rescues/uplifts
• uddharate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśvānara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma frames ‘upliftment’ of the departed as possible through spiritually sanctioned means associated with sacred fire (Vaiśvānara).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is named in this verse; it uses a doctrinal motif (Vaiśvānara) within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references the ‘Vaiśvānara path’—a fire-linked dharmic means—without detailing a specific rite in this śloka.