Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
Devanagari script
नीत्वा दुर्गतमैकांतेऽकार्षमौद्वाहिकं विधिम् । गांधर्वेण विवाहेन ततोऽकार्षं हृदीप्सितम्
Transliteration
nītvā durgatamaikāṃte'kārṣamaudvāhikaṃ vidhim | gāṃdharveṇa vivāhena tato'kārṣaṃ hṛdīpsitam
Translation
我带她至僻静处，行了婚礼；通过乾闼婆式婚姻，我遂了心中所愿。
Word by Word
नीत्वाhaving led
नीत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु-नी, अर्थः—‘नीत्वा’ = having led
दुर्गतम्to a difficult/remote place; distressed
दुर्गतम्:
Karma (Object complement to implied person)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्गत (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्गम्+गत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)
एकान्तेin solitude, in a secluded place
एकान्ते:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootएकान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्
अकार्षम्I performed / I did
अकार्षम्:
Karta (Speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; धातु-कृष् ‘to do/perform/draw’
औद्वाहिकम्pertaining to marriage
औद्वाहिकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of विधिम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऔद्वाहिक (प्रातिपदिक; उद्वाह-सम्बन्धिन्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
विधिम्rite, procedure
विधिम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म
गान्धर्वेणby the gāndharva (type)
गान्धर्वेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeAdjective
Rootगान्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करणम्
विवाहेनby marriage
विवाहेन:
Karaṇa (Means)
TypeNoun
Rootविवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करणम्
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Sambandha/Sequence marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक (then/from there)
अकार्षम्I did / I brought about
अकार्षम्:
Karta (Speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
हृदिin (my) heart
हृदि:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्
ईप्सितम्desired, wished-for
ईप्सितम्:
Karma (Object complement; ‘desired thing’)
TypeAdjective
Rootईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स् ‘to desire’ से निष्पन्न)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (object-complement)
Speaker
Narrator (first-person within the story; embedded narration inside the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A man leads a young woman into a secluded grove or inner chamber; ritual gestures are performed hastily, with an atmosphere of secrecy and impending moral rupture.
Characters & Entities
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Gāndharva-vivāhaFAQs
Even when a form of marriage is named, dharma depends on consent, protection, and righteousness—not merely on technical labels.
No holy site is referenced.
It mentions the ‘audvāhika vidhि’ (marriage procedure) and specifies the Gāndharva form of marriage.