Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

मोर्वि यस्य हि वर्तंते पितरौ बांधवास्तथा । तन्मां शीघ्रं वह शुभे शक्रप्रस्थाय संप्रति

Transliteration

morvi yasya hi vartaṃte pitarau bāṃdhavāstathā | tanmāṃ śīghraṃ vaha śubhe śakraprasthāya saṃprati

Translation

โอ้ เมารวี—เมื่อบิดามารดาและญาติของเขาพร้อมหน้าอยู่—โอ้ผู้เป็นมงคล จงพาข้าไปยังศักรปรัสถะโดยเร็วเดี๋ยวนี้เถิด

Word by Word

• morvi: O Maurvī
• morvi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maurvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; proper noun (addressing Maurvī)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• hi: indeed
• hi: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• vartaṃte: are present / exist
• vartaṃte: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• pitarau: the two parents (father and mother)
• pitarau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• bāṃdhavāḥ: kinsmen, relatives
• bāṃdhavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tat: that (thing/matter)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन; 1st person pronoun

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• vaha: carry, take (you)
• vaha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; used as address

• śakraprasthāya: to Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• śakraprasthāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra-prastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śakrasya prasthaḥ)

• saṃprati: now, at present
• saṃprati: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃprati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Ghaṭotkaca (contextual continuation of his speech from the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakraprastha/Indraprastha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined hero requests swift conveyance to Śakraprastha, invoking the presence of parents and kin as the reason for haste; the moment is charged with auspicious urgency before a formal alliance.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Maurvī
• Śakraprastha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely action in accordance with family and social order supports dhārmic rites such as marriage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakraprastha is named as a destination, but it is referenced as a royal/political place in the story rather than praised as a tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse concerns travel for arranging a proper vivāha in the presence of elders and kin.