Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

कन्यादानं च यः कुर्यादस्मिन्क्षेत्रे च पुत्रक । उद्वाहपरिपूतात्मा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

kanyādānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādasminkṣetre ca putraka | udvāhaparipūtātmā brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

اور اے پیارے بچے! جو کوئی اس مقدس کھیتر میں کنیا دان کرے، اس کی آتما بیاہ کے سنسکار سے پاک ہو کر برہملوک میں عزت پاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• kanyādānam: gift of a maiden (kanyādāna)
• kanyādānam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• kuryāt: should do/performs
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kṣetre: field/sacred place
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• putraka: O dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• udvāhaparipūtātmā: one whose self is purified by marriage rites
• udvāhaparipūtātmā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udvāha + paripūta + ātmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (उद्वाहेन परिपूतः आत्मा यस्य) इति विशेषणवत् प्रयोगः

• brahmaloke: in Brahma-world
• brahmaloke: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahīyate: is honored/exalted
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (passive sense: is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravikṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putraka / dear child (as addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marriage procession within Ravikṣetra: the father performs kanyādāna with sacred fire, priest reciting mantras; Sūrya shines overhead; the scene emphasizes purity and solemn joy; a subtle vision of Brahmaloka as a luminous realm above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Kanyādāna
• Ravikṣetra (implied: asmin kṣetre)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder duties, when performed in a sanctified setting and with dharmic intent, become powerful sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘field’ (kṣetra) of the passage—Ravikṣetra associated with Ravikuṇḍa/Bakulārka in Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna (the charitable/dharmic act of giving a daughter in marriage) performed within the kṣetra.