Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

य आनीय प्रदद्यान्मे तस्मै कन्यां ददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

ya ānīya pradadyānme tasmai kanyāṃ dadāmyaham

Translation

“Ai đem chúng đến và dâng cho ta, ta sẽ gả con gái cho người ấy.”

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव-क्रियाविशेषण (Gerund/absolutive): ‘having brought’

• प्रदद्यात्: should give
• प्रदद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Gādhi

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛcīka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king pronounces the final condition: bring and present the horses, and the daughter will be given. The sage stands poised, accepting the rule as a sacred challenge.

Characters & Entities

• Gādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pledged word (satya-vacana) structures dharma in Purāṇic narratives—promises shape destinies and sacred events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, Aśvatīrtha—since this vow triggers the events that sanctify the Gaṅgā-bank site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyā-dāna is referenced as the outcome; the ritual means to fulfill the condition appears in later verses (japa).