Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । धर्मोढा यस्य पत्नी स्यात्स सच्छूद्र उदाहृतः । समानकुलरूपा च दशदोषविवर्जिता

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | dharmoḍhā yasya patnī syātsa sacchūdra udāhṛtaḥ | samānakularūpā ca daśadoṣavivarjitā

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า: ผู้ใดมีภรรยาที่อภิเษกตามธรรม ผู้นั้นเรียกว่า ‘สัจจูทร’ นางควรมีตระกูลและรูปโฉมเสมอกัน และปราศจากโทษสิบประการ

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• धर्म-ऊढा: married according to dharma/rite
• धर्म-ऊढा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ऊढा (वह् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषण

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be/is to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• सत्-शूद्रः: a true Śūdra
• सत्-शूद्रः: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव)

• उदाहृतः: is declared/called
• उदाहृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• समान-कुल-रूपा: of similar family and appearance
• समान-कुल-रूपा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (समानं कुलं च रूपं च यस्याः/या)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दश-दोष-विवर्जिता: free from ten faults
• दश-दोष-विवर्जिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (वर्ज् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (दशदोषैः विवर्जिता)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara explains criteria of a ‘sacchūdra’ with a symbolic vignette of a dharmic wedding: sacred fire, garlands, and a composed couple; the teaching scene overlays the ritual imagery.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Sacchūdra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames ‘good conduct’ through the lens of gṛhastha-dharma: a dharmically conducted marriage and ethical spouse-qualities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A normative criterion: marriage performed according to dharma, along with stated spouse-qualifications (including being free from ‘ten faults’).