Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

देवानां पर्वतानां च प्रहृष्टं सकलं कुलम् । ततो विवाहे संपूर्णे हरोऽगात्कौतुकौकसि

Transliteration

devānāṃ parvatānāṃ ca prahṛṣṭaṃ sakalaṃ kulam | tato vivāhe saṃpūrṇe haro'gātkautukaukasi

Translation

หมู่เทพและหมู่ภูผาทั้งสิ้นต่างปลาบปลื้มยินดี ครั้นเมื่อพิธีวิวาห์เสร็จสมบูรณ์แล้ว พระหระ (พระศิวะ) เสด็จไปยังมณฑปแห่งงานรื่นเริง อันเป็นเรือนแห่งพิธี

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of the gods'

• पर्वतानाम्: of the mountains
• पर्वतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of the mountains'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रहृष्टम्: delighted, joyful
• प्रहृष्टम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त; प्र+हृष् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'delighted' (agreeing with कुलम्)

• सकलम्: entire
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'entire' (agreeing with कुलम्)

• कुलम्: family, clan
• कुलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; collective subject

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरबोधक (then/thereupon)

• विवाहे: in the wedding
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in/at the wedding'

• संपूर्णे: completed, finished
• संपूर्णे: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'completed' (agreeing with विवाहे)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; proper noun (Śiva)

• अगात्: went
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'went'

• कौतुकौकसि: in the festive abode
• कौतुकौकसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः — 'in the house/abode of festivity'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly of devas and personified mountains rejoices; the wedding concludes; Śiva proceeds to the decorated festive pavilion glowing with lamps and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Mountains (Parvatas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic union is portrayed as cosmic harmony—devas and even mountains rejoice—showing how sacred order is celebrated by all creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this line itself does not specify the tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription is stated; the verse references the completion of a wedding rite (vivāha) as narrative context.