Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

उद्गिरंतो हि निगमान्विवाहसमये नृप । सर्वं निवेदयामासुः कर्णाटाय दुरात्मने

Transliteration

udgiraṃto hi nigamānvivāhasamaye nṛpa | sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsuḥ karṇāṭāya durātmane

Translation

اے بادشاہ! نکاح کے وقت ویدک نگم (مقدّس منتر) پڑھتے ہوئے انہوں نے سب باتیں اس بدباطن کرنَاٹ کو جا کر سنا دیں۔

Word by Word

• उद्गिरन्तः: uttering / proclaiming
• उद्गिरन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+गॄ/गिर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• निगमान्: Vedic texts / scriptures
• निगमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विवाहसमये: at the time of the wedding
• विवाहसमये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निवेदयामासुः: they reported / informed
• निवेदयामासुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कर्णाटाय: to Karṇāṭa
• कर्णाटाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• दुरात्मने: to the wicked one
• दुरात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे (epithet)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (episode setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wedding setting with brāhmaṇas chanting Veda; simultaneously, messengers/participants turn to inform a dark, menacing Karṇāṭa figure; auspicious lamps contrast with ominous shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Karṇāṭa
• nigama (Veda)
• vivāha (wedding)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even sacred occasions like marriage can be threatened when information is misused by the adharmic; vigilance protects dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger context is Dharmāraṇya; this verse highlights events surrounding a wedding within that sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references Vedic recitation during the vivāha (marriage rite), but does not prescribe a specific additional ritual.