Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

विवाहं नीलरूपस्य ये करिष्यंति मानवाः । पितॄनुद्दिश्य तेषां वै कुले नैवास्ति नारकी

Transliteration

vivāhaṃ nīlarūpasya ye kariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | pitṝnuddiśya teṣāṃ vai kule naivāsti nārakī

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบพิธีวิวาหะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์เพื่อ “นีลรูปะ” แล้วอุทิศแด่บรรพชน—ในวงศ์สกุลของเขา ย่อมไม่มีผู้ใดตกสู่ภาวะนรกเลยแท้จริง

Word by Word

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• नील-रूपस्य: of the blue-formed one
• नील-रूपस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (रूप), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (नीलं रूपं यस्य)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पितॄन्: ancestors/fathers
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having intended/addressed (for)
• उद्दिश्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• एव: certainly/at all
• एव: Emphasis/Restriction (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नारकी: (any) hell-bound one / one belonging to hell
• नारकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नारकी = नरकसम्बन्धिनी/नरकगामिनी)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlarūpa-kṣetra / Nīlarūpa-devālaya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame, not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial ‘marriage’ worship for Nīlarūpa: a decorated icon/linga or deity-form adorned like a bridegroom, with householders offering garlands, lamps, and water while invoking ancestors.

Characters & Entities

• Nīlarūpa (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Pitṛs (Ancestors)
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion to Śiva (as Nīlarūpa), when offered for one’s ancestors, becomes a powerful means of protecting and uplifting the entire lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context praising the sacred sphere connected with Nīlarūpa Mahādeva (the local Śiva manifestation celebrated in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a ‘vivāha’ (ceremonial rite) for Nīlarūpa and explicitly dedicating the merit to the Pitṛs (ancestors).