Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततो विवाहे निर्वृत्ते प्रतिपूज्य घटोत्कचम् । भार्यया सहितं राजा स्वराज्याय समादिशत्

Transliteration

tato vivāhe nirvṛtte pratipūjya ghaṭotkacam | bhāryayā sahitaṃ rājā svarājyāya samādiśat

Translation

پھر جب شادی کی رسم پوری ہوئی تو بادشاہ نے گھٹوتکچ کی مناسب تعظیم و تکریم کی، اور اُسے—اپنی زوجہ کے ساتھ—اپنی ہی سلطنت کی طرف روانہ ہونے کا حکم دیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘then/thereafter’

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

• निर्वृत्ते: when completed
• निर्वृत्ते: Sati-saptami (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्+वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘when (it was) completed’ (with विवाहे: locative absolute)

• प्रतिपूज्य: having honored
• प्रतिपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having duly honored’

• घटोत्कचम्: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘Ghaṭotkaca’

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘with (his) wife’

• सहितम्: accompanied
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — विशेषण ‘accompanied’ (qualifying घटोत्कचम्)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘the king’

• स्वराज्याय: to his own kingdom
• स्वराज्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्व + राज्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन — ‘for (his) own kingdom’

• समादिशत्: commanded
• समादिशत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘ordered/commanded’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) (contextual deduction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, after the wedding, honors Ghaṭotkaca with gifts and respect, then instructs him and his bride to depart toward their own realm.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Maurvī
• King (unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes reciprocity and proper hospitality—honoring guests and concluding rites with orderly transition to household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is praised; this is a concluding narrative verse about post-wedding royal protocol.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies completion of vivāha and the practice of pratipūjā (formal honoring), without detailing specific ritual acts.