Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

भार्यार्थं प्रतिगृह्णीष्वमंत्रेणानेन दत्तवान् । अस्मै रुद्राय महते देवदवाय शंभव । कन्या दत्ता महेशाय गिरींद्रेण महात्मना

Transliteration

bhāryārthaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣvamaṃtreṇānena dattavān | asmai rudrāya mahate devadavāya śaṃbhava | kanyā dattā maheśāya girīṃdreṇa mahātmanā

Translation

ด้วยมนต์นี้เขากล่าวมอบนางว่า “จงรับนางเป็นภรรยา—ถวายแด่พระรุทระผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ แด่พระศัมภู เทวะเหนือเทวะทั้งปวง” ดังนี้ธิดาถูกถวายแด่พระมหีศะโดยเจ้าแห่งขุนเขาผู้มีมหาจิต

Word by Word

• भार्य: wife
• भार्य: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-सम्बन्ध (genitival relation), एकवचन-आधार (stem in compound)

• अर्थम्: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• भाऱ्यार्थम्: for (as) a wife; for the purpose of a wife
• भाऱ्यार्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व: accept (receive)
• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्रति

• अमन्त्रेण: without a mantra; by (this) non-mantra
• अमन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: ‘by this’)

• दत्तवान्: (he) has given / having given
• दत्तवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + वत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (agentive)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• रुद्राय: to Rudra
• रुद्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• महते: great
• महते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘रुद्राय’)

• देवदवाय: to Devadava (epithet/name)
• देवदवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदव (प्रातिपदिक; पाठान्तर/दुर्लभ-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थ-सम्बन्ध (epithet in dative series)

• शंभव: O Śambhu/Śaṃbhava
• शंभव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• कन्या: the maiden/daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव (given)

• महेशाय: to Maheśa (Śiva)
• महेशाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• गिरीन्द्रेण: by Girīndra (Himālaya)
• गिरीन्द्रेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण-कर्ता), एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘गिरीन्द्रेण’)

Speaker

Himālaya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya (Giri-indra) formally gives the maiden Pārvatī to Mahādeva with a marriage-mantra; Śiva stands serene, Rudra-majesty softened by auspicious wedding context.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Maheśa
• Girīndra (Himālaya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action joined with mantra and right intention sanctifies life-transitions, presenting marriage as a sacred offering to the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa, the Skanda Purana’s celebration of the Kedāra tīrtha-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-based act of kanyādāna, requesting Śiva to accept the maiden as bhāryā (wife).