Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तया सह चरन्धर्मान्गार्हस्थ्यं प्रतिपालय । राज्ञोक्तः स तदोवाच कक्षीवान्धर्मतत्परः । राजानं स्वनयं प्रीतं मधुरापुरवासिनम्

Transliteration

tayā saha carandharmāngārhasthyaṃ pratipālaya | rājñoktaḥ sa tadovāca kakṣīvāndharmatatparaḥ | rājānaṃ svanayaṃ prītaṃ madhurāpuravāsinam

Translation

“จงอยู่ร่วมกับนาง ประพฤติธรรมกิจ และธำรงวิถีคฤหัสถ์เถิด” ครั้นพระราชาตรัสดังนี้ กักษีวานผู้ยึดมั่นในธรรม จึงกล่าวถ้อยคำอ่อนหวานต่อพระราชาสวะนะยะ ผู้เปี่ยมปีติ ผู้ประทับ ณ นครมธุรา

Word by Word

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakaraka (Instrument/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (postposition/adverb)

• चरन्: practicing, performing
• चरन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चरन् (कृदन्त, √चर्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धर्मान्: duties, dharmas
• धर्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: householder life
• गार्हस्थ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of ‘प्रतिपालय’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रतिपालय: protect, maintain
• प्रतिपालय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• उक्तः: addressed, spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate in passive sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvan
• कक्षीवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत्/कक्षीवान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धर्मतत्परः: devoted to dharma
• धर्मतत्परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष: धर्मे तत्परः = ‘devoted to dharma’

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्वनयम्: Svanaya
• स्वनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; apposition to ‘राजानम्’

• प्रीतम्: pleased, dear
• प्रीतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त, √प्री)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त; विशेषण (qualifying ‘राजानम्/स्वनयम्’)

• मधुरापुरवासिनम्: dwelling in Mathurā city
• मधुरापुरवासिनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष: मधुरायां पुर्यां वासी = ‘resident of the city of Mathurā’

Speaker

Narrator (with king’s instruction embedded)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhurā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king counsels Kakṣīvān to live with the bride and uphold gārhasthya-dharma; Kakṣīvān, dharma-devoted, replies respectfully in the royal court of Madhurā.

Characters & Entities

• Kakṣīvān
• Svanaya (king)
• Madhurā (city)
• Svanaya's daughter

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life is sacred when it becomes a field for daily dharma—mutual responsibility, right conduct, and protection of ethical order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu (Rāmeśvaram) Māhātmya is the overarching frame; this verse additionally references Madhurā as the king’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed; it prescribes gārhasthya-dharma—living a disciplined, dharmic household life.