Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्मात्प्रसाद्य वरदं तीर्थेऽस्मिन्पुरुषोत्तमम् । आनेष्ये कलया साक्षाद्विश्वनुग्रहकाम्यया

Transliteration

tasmātprasādya varadaṃ tīrthe'sminpuruṣottamam | āneṣye kalayā sākṣādviśvanugrahakāmyayā

Translation

Darum werde ich, nachdem ich in diesem heiligen Tīrtha den gnadenspendenden Puruṣottama besänftigt habe, Ihn hierher bringen—offenbar, als einen göttlichen Anteil Seiner selbst—aus dem Wunsch, der ganzen Welt Gnade zu schenken.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय—हेतौ/तस्मादर्थे (therefore; from that reason)

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated
• प्रसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) → प्रसाद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): 'having pleased/propitiated'

• वरदम्: boon-giving
• वरदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; 'पुरुषोत्तमम्' इति विशेषण

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; 'तीर्थे' इति विशेषण

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Puruṣottama (the Supreme Person)
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (उत्तमः पुरुषः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आनेष्ये: I shall bring
• आनेष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कलया: with (my) power/portion; by an art/means
• कलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly; in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—साक्षात्कारे (adverb: directly, in person)

• विश्वनुग्रहकाम्यया: with the desire to favor the whole world
• विश्वनुग्रहकाम्यया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + अनुग्रह + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विश्वस्य अनुग्रहः तस्य काम्या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kauravya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada at the river-ford performs intense propitiation; above the tīrtha, Puruṣottama appears in a radiant partial manifestation, blessing the world; devotees and sages witness the descent of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣottama
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion aims at universal welfare—seeking the Lord’s manifest grace not merely for oneself but for the good of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “this tīrtha” (tīrthe ’smin) within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s local māhātmya; the exact toponym is not stated in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation (prasādana/ārādhana) of Puruṣottama at the tīrtha is indicated as the means to invoke a divine manifestation (kalā).