Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तदैतैः प्रार्थनाऽस्माकं कृता शाश्वततृप्तये । न च शक्ता वयं दातुं तेन त्वां समुपस्थिताः

Transliteration

tadaitaiḥ prārthanā'smākaṃ kṛtā śāśvatatṛptaye | na ca śaktā vayaṃ dātuṃ tena tvāṃ samupasthitāḥ

Translation

فلذلك قدّم هؤلاء إلينا التماسًا لرضا أبديّ. غير أنّا لا نقدر على منحه، ولذا قصدنا حضرتك.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: सम्बन्ध/कालाधिकरण (Temporal relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• एतैः: by these (persons)
• एतैः: करण (Instrument/agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental plural): 'by these'

• प्रार्थना: a request
• प्रार्थना: कर्ता/कर्म (Subject of passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रार्थना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• कृता: was made
• कृता: क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'made/done'

• शाश्वततृप्तये: for eternal satisfaction
• शाश्वततृप्तये: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (Purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाश्वत-तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Dative singular); समासः: शाश्वता तृप्तिः (कर्मधारय-भावे) → शाश्वततृप्ति

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शक्ताः: able
• शक्ताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: क्रिया-उद्देश्य (Complement of ability)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive): 'to give'

• तेन: therefore
• तेन: हेतु/करण (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental singular): 'therefore/by that'

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• समुपस्थिताः: have approached
• समुपस्थिताः: क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'having approached/presented'

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of subdued ancestors implore the Pitṛs for everlasting satisfaction; the Pitṛs, unable to grant it, approach Brahmā in a posture of petition—hands folded, faces earnest.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lasting spiritual welfare requires higher sanction and proper dharma; pitṛs point beyond themselves to an authority who can establish enduring means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative bridge within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse introduces the goal—śāśvata-tṛpti (perpetual satisfaction)—which is later linked to correct śrāddha/kavya procedure.