Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तेन तां ब्राह्मणीं कृत्वा पश्चात्तस्याः परिग्रहम् । गृह्योक्तविधिना चक्रे पुरःस्थोऽपि पितामहः

Transliteration

tena tāṃ brāhmaṇīṃ kṛtvā paścāttasyāḥ parigraham | gṛhyoktavidhinā cakre puraḥstho'pi pitāmahaḥ

Translation

یوں اسے برہمنی بنا کر، پھر پِتامہ (برہما) نے—اگرچہ آگے کی جانب بیٹھے ہوئے تھے—گِرہیہ رسومات میں بتائے ہوئے طریقے کے مطابق اس کا پَرِگْرہ، یعنی بطورِ زوجہ قبول، ادا کیا۔

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्राह्मणीम्: a brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मणीम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्म-समानााधिकरण (object complement with कृत्वा)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having made'

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/कालवाचक-अव्यय (sequencing/temporal adverb)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिग्रहम्: acceptance (as wife)/marriage taking
• परिग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari-graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृह्योक्तविधिना: by the procedure stated in the Gṛhya rites
• गृह्योक्तविधिना: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhya (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'as stated in the Gṛhya (sūtras)' + 'procedure'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रे: performed/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पुरःस्थः: standing in front
• पुरःस्थः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puras (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'in front' + 'standing'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying पितामहः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थ-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the grandsire)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, seated prominently, conducts gṛhya-sanctioned acceptance of the transformed brāhmaṇī as wife; ritual implements, fire, and attendants frame a formal wedding moment.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Gṛhya-vidhi
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often insist that even extraordinary circumstances are to be regularized through dharma-śāstric procedure, affirming ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a narrative step within the tīrtha-māhātmya; the site context is established in the chapter’s surrounding description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Marriage/acceptance (parigraha) is said to be done according to Gṛhya-ukta-vidhi (domestic-ritual injunctions).