Shloka 62

Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa

Sanskrit

प्रज्वाल्य पावकं हुत्वा मन्त्रवित् कृतमङ्गलाम् ।

वैवाहिकविधिं कन्यां प्रतिपाद्य यथागतम् ॥

Transliteration

prajvālya pāvakaṃ hutvā mantravit kṛtamaṅgalām | vaivāhikavidhiṃ kanyāṃ pratipādya yathāgatam ||

Translation

他点燃圣火，奉献供献（homa），那位通晓真言者完成了吉祥的仪轨；将少女安置于婚礼的次第之中后，便如来时一般离去。

Word by Word

• प्रज्वाल्य: having kindled
• प्रज्वाल्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having kindled’

• पावकम्: the fire
• पावकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हुत्वा: having offered (into the fire)
• हुत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having offered (oblations)’

• मन्त्रवित्: the knower of mantras
• मन्त्रवित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + विद् (धातु/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास/उपपद-समास: मन्त्रान् वेत्ति इति

• कृतमङ्गलाम्: (the bride) made auspicious; with auspicious rites performed
• कृतमङ्गलाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + मङ्गला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘कृत’ + कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: कृतं मङ्गलं यस्याः सा (स्त्री)

• वैवाहिकविधिम्: the marriage procedure/rite
• वैवाहिकविधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवाहिक + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विवाहस्य विधिः)

• कन्याम्: the maiden (bride)
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रतिपाद्य: having given/entrusted
• प्रतिपाद्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having handed over/entrusted; having presented’

• यथागतम्: as he had come; in the same manner
• यथागतम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial): ‘as he had come/according to arrival’

Speakers

• Narrator

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Agni

Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Vivāha-saṃskāra
• Agni as witness
• Mantra and rite

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Marriage is framed as a saṃskāra: a dharmic, fire-witnessed transformation performed by mantra and vidhi, not merely a private agreement.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ritual-dharma within narrative; outside the five lakṣaṇas, but typical purāṇic embedding of social dharma.

What is the esoteric significance?

Agni represents consciousness and witness; the vivāha-fire signifies the union being ‘sealed’ in a higher witnessing principle beyond personal emotion.