Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततस्तेन प्रदत्ता मे तत्क्षणादेव सुन्दरी । विधिना शास्त्रदृष्टेन नक्षत्रे भग दैवते

Transliteration

tatastena pradattā me tatkṣaṇādeva sundarī | vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena nakṣatre bhaga daivate

Translation

แล้วในบัดดล เขาก็มอบหญิงงามนั้นแก่ข้าพเจ้า ตามพิธีที่คัมภีร์ศาสตรารับรอง ในฤกษ์นักษัตรซึ่งมีเทพภคะเป็นผู้ครอง

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रदत्ता: was given
• प्रदत्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु) + क्त → प्रदत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत् (immediately)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सुन्दरी: the beautiful girl
• सुन्दरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (विशेष्यरूपेण—कन्या)

• विधिना: according to the rite
• विधिना: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शास्त्रदृष्टेन: as prescribed/seen in the scriptures
• शास्त्रदृष्टेन: Karana (Qualifier of instrument/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्ट (√दृश् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विधिना इति विशेष्य); शास्त्रेण दृष्टः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष

• नक्षत्रे: under the lunar mansion
• नक्षत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भग: Bhaga (name of the nakṣatra/deity)
• भग: Sambandha (Specifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (अत्र नक्षत्रनाम) सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे विशेषणवत्/सम्बन्धपद (indeclinable-like usage as name)

• दैवते: with the deity (presiding)
• दैवते: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘दैवते’ = देवतासम्बन्धे/देवतायाम्

Speaker

First-person narrator within the episode (continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal wedding-giving moment: the sage gives the maiden to the suitor with ritual gestures; auspicious star symbolism for Bhaga-nakṣatra appears overhead (star motif), with sacred fire and vessels present.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaga
• Nakṣatra
• Śāstra (scripture)
• Vivāha (marriage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Major life transitions are to be aligned with śāstra—dharma gives sacred structure to personal life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha backdrop continues implicitly; the verse spotlights śāstric marriage procedure rather than the geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage performed by śāstra-dṛṣṭa vidhi and timed with a specific nakṣatra (Bhaga as presiding deity).