Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

काश्यां संबंधिता बाला वैजयंत्यां विवाहिता । सा धर्माचरणे दक्षा वैष्णवव्रतचारिणी

Transliteration

kāśyāṃ saṃbaṃdhitā bālā vaijayaṃtyāṃ vivāhitā | sā dharmācaraṇe dakṣā vaiṣṇavavratacāriṇī

Translation

وہ دوشیزہ کاشی میں منسوب کی گئی اور ویجینتی میں بیاہی گئی۔ وہ دھرم کے آچرن میں ماہر تھی اور ویشنوَو ورتوں کی پابندی کرنے والی تھی۔

Word by Word

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• संबंधिता: connected/related
• संबंधिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+बन्ध् (धातु) → संबंधित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• बाला: the young girl
• बाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• वैजयन्त्याम्: in Vaijayantī
• वैजयन्त्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैजयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• विवाहिता: married
• विवाहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+वह् (धातु) → विवाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धर्माचरणे: in the practice of dharma
• धर्माचरणे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + आचरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य आचरणम्)

• दक्षा: skilled
• दक्षा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• वैष्णवव्रतचारिणी: observer of Vaiṣṇava vows
• वैष्णवव्रतचारिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव + व्रत + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वैष्णवस्य व्रतस्य चारिणी)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as referenced); Vaijayantī (as referenced)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene journey: the maiden’s betrothal rites in Kāśī near ghāṭas and temples; the wedding in Vaijayantī under a decorated maṇḍapa; she holds tulasī and a small Viṣṇu emblem, signifying Vaiṣṇava vows.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Vaijayantī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is lived through life-stages—marriage and vows—so that personal conduct becomes a vehicle for spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is explicitly mentioned as a key sacred locale; Vaijayantī is also named as a significant place in the narrative geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights vow-observance (Vaiṣṇava vrata) rather than a single ritual act.