Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अथ शक्रमुवाचेदं स राजा विनयान्वितः । नागवल्लीप्रदानेन प्रसादो मे विधीयताम्

Transliteration

atha śakramuvācedaṃ sa rājā vinayānvitaḥ | nāgavallīpradānena prasādo me vidhīyatām

Translation

তখন বিনয়সম্পন্ন সেই রাজা শক্র (ইন্দ্র)-কে বললেন—“নাগবল্লী দান করে আমার প্রতি প্রসাদ করুন।”

Word by Word

• अथ: then, thereafter
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle) आरम्भार्थक

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said, spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• इदम्: this (speech)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/Content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विनय-अन्वितः: endowed with humility
• विनय-अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अनु + इ धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (विनयेन अन्वितः = endowed with humility)

• नागवल्ली-प्रदानेन: by the giving of betel-vine (leaf)
• नागवल्ली-प्रदानेन: Hetu (Cause/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागवल्ली + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नागवल्ल्याः प्रदानम्)

• प्रसादः: favor, grace
• प्रसादः: Karma (Desired result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my, for me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• विधीयताम्: let (it) be granted/ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narrator (quoting the king addressing Indra/Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, hands folded, head slightly bowed, addresses Indra with respectful humility, requesting the gift of the nāgavallī vine as a sign of favor.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra
• Indra
• nāgavallī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and respectful petitioning are portrayed as the proper way to seek boons and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya flow; this line itself centers on Indra and nāgavallī rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of ‘pradāna’ (granting/gifting) is mentioned—here, the giving of nāgavallī as a boon.