Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दूषणैर्दशभिर्हीना वेदोक्तविधिना नरैः । विवाहिता च सा पत्नी गृहिणी यस्य सर्वदा

Transliteration

dūṣaṇairdaśabhirhīnā vedoktavidhinā naraiḥ | vivāhitā ca sā patnī gṛhiṇī yasya sarvadā

Translation

جو عورت دس عیوب سے پاک ہو اور بزرگوں کے ذریعے وید کے بتائے ہوئے طریقے کے مطابق اس کا نکاح ہوا ہو، وہ اپنے شوہر کے لیے ہمیشہ گھر کی حقیقی گِرہِنی (گھر کی مالکہ) سمجھی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दूषणैः: by faults/defects
• दूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दशभिः: by ten
• दशभिः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• हीना: devoid (of)
• हीना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (तृतीया-सम्बन्धेन) ‘X-हीना’ = devoid of X

• वेदोक्त-विधिना: by the procedure stated in the Veda
• वेदोक्त-विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (वच् धातोः क्त) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वेदेन उक्तः विधिः)

• नरैः: by men
• नरैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विवाहिता: married
• विवाहिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-वाह् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (married)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृहिणी: housewife/mistress of the house
• गृहिणी: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पत्नी-पर्याय

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Nāgarakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic wedding moment: sacred fire, elders/guardians overseeing, the bride and groom performing a rite; the bride is depicted as dignified ‘gṛhiṇī’—keeper of the home’s sacred order.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder-dharma begins with a righteous, Veda-sanctioned marriage and the cultivation of purity and good conduct in the household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as dharma-instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha is not named in this shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It emphasizes vivāha performed according to vedokta-vidhi (Vedic injunctions).