Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तदाऽनर्ताधिपो हृष्टः प्रेषयामास तं प्रति । विवाहार्थं सुविज्ञाय वाक्य मेतदुवाच ह

Transliteration

tadā'nartādhipo hṛṣṭaḥ preṣayāmāsa taṃ prati | vivāhārthaṃ suvijñāya vākya metaduvāca ha

Translation

تب اَنرت کا فرمانروا خوش ہوا اور اُس کی طرف قاصد بھیجا؛ نکاح کی بات سمجھ کر اُس نے یہ کلمات کہے۔

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• अनर्ताधिपः: the lord of Anarta
• अनर्ताधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्त + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अनर्तानाम् अधिपः)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, adjectival); प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (to send)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik (Direction/दिक्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्गसदृश-निपात, दिशावाचक (towards)

• विवाहार्थम्: for marriage
• विवाहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उद्देश्य (विवाहस्य अर्थः)

• सुविज्ञाय: having clearly understood
• सुविज्ञाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + वि-ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); क्त्वार्थे (having well understood)

• वाक्यम्: speech/message
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Qualifier within object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifier of वाक्यम्)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed/just
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पदपूरण/निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied by Purāṇic narration; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Anarta lord, joyful, dispatches a messenger; the envoy receives a sealed message or oral commission amid auspicious court sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Anarta
• Anartādhipa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly actions like marriage alliances are framed within dharma and narrated as part of a sacred landscape (kṣetra-māhātmya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a marriage-related message within the sacred narrative.