Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देहि ममात्मानं गांधर्वेण सुशोभने । विवाहेन यतोऽन्येषां स प्रधानः प्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

tasmāddehi mamātmānaṃ gāṃdharveṇa suśobhane | vivāhena yato'nyeṣāṃ sa pradhānaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

Translation

اس لیے، اے روشن حسن والی، گندھروا شادی کے ذریعے خود کو میرے حوالے کر دو؛ کیونکہ شادی کی دیگر اقسام میں اسے افضل قرار دیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः (ablative used adverbially: 'therefore/from that reason')

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: to me / of me
• मम: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आत्मानम्: yourself (self)
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गान्धर्वेण: by the gāndharva (form)
• गान्धर्वेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

• सुशोभने: O very beautiful one
• सुशोभने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक); सम्बोधन-रूप
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-शोभना)

• विवाहेन: by marriage
• विवाहेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यतः: because
• यतः: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal conjunction)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सः: that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रधानः: principal, foremost
• प्रधानः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रकीर्तितः: is declared, is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः

Speaker

Mahiṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forceful suitor demands Gandharva marriage from a radiant goddess; the goddess’ posture shifts from composed to stern, foreshadowing imminent punishment.

Characters & Entities

• Gāndharva-vivāha
• Devī
• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persuasion can misuse dharma-terms (like ‘approved’ marriage forms) to justify desire; Purāṇic narratives warn against such distortions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāndharva-vivāha (marriage by mutual consent) is referenced conceptually, not prescribed as a ritual here.