Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तस्माच्चित्तस्थितं शीघ्रं प्रार्थयंतु द्विजोत्तमाः । संप्रयच्छामि येनाशु यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

tasmāccittasthitaṃ śīghraṃ prārthayaṃtu dvijottamāḥ | saṃprayacchāmi yenāśu yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

“সেয়ে, হে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠসকল, তোমালোকৰ চিত্তত যি স্থিৰ আছে সেয়া শীঘ্ৰে প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰা। মই তৎক্ষণাৎ দিম—যদিও সেয়া অতি দুষ্প্ৰাপ্য হ’ব পাৰে।”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Consequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• चित्तस्थितम्: what is in (your) mind
• चित्तस्थितम्: Karma (Object of prārthayantu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त + स्थित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; ‘चित्ते स्थितम्’ (what is in the mind)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• प्रार्थयन्तु: let (them) request; ask
• प्रार्थयन्तु: Kriyā (Main verb/आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject of prārthayantu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), बहुवचन; ‘द्विजेषु उत्तमाः’

• संप्रयच्छामि: I grant; I bestow
• संप्रयच्छामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + यम्/यच्छ् (धातु: यम्, ‘to give’ in causative-like present stem यच्छ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (N/M), तृतीया (Instr/3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धार्थे ‘by which/whereby’

• आशु: soon
• आशु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक (quickly/soon)

• यद्यपि: although
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Concessive connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभाववत् समुच्चय/व्यभिचार (although)

• स्यात्: may be; would be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Subordinate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextually Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva gestures invitingly, encouraging the brāhmaṇas to speak their heart’s wish; the brāhmaṇas exchange glances, preparing a collective request.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and service to a kṣetra are complete, divine grace can remove even “impossible” obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a transition in the chapter’s tīrtha narrative; it does not itself identify a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the focus is on requesting a boon after sacred service.