Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

वदस्व येन तत्कृत्स्नं प्रकरोमि महामते

Transliteration

vadasva yena tatkṛtsnaṃ prakaromi mahāmate

Translation

«تكلّم، أيها العظيمُ الهمة، بأيِّ وسيلةٍ أستطيع أن أؤدّي ذلك كاملاً».

Word by Word

• वदस्व: speak/tell
• वदस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘कृत्स्नम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृत्स्नम्: the whole (thing)
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रकरोमि: I perform/do
• प्रकरोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇī (continuing her request)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhartṛyajña

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The petitioner intensifies the request: ‘Tell the means by which I may accomplish the austerity fully,’ highlighting earnestness and discipline.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincerity seeks completeness: spiritual practice should be learned and executed in a full, methodical, dharmic way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this line; it functions as part of a tīrtha-māhātmya conversation on practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is an appeal for the correct procedure that is then enumerated later.