Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अथ तस्य गतस्तुष्टिं वर्षांते भगवाञ्छिवः । अब्रवीद्वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यथेप्सितम्

Transliteration

atha tasya gatastuṣṭiṃ varṣāṃte bhagavāñchivaḥ | abravīdvarado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam

Translation

Am Ende des Jahres war Bhagavān Śiva mit ihm zufrieden und sprach: „Ich bin der Spender der Gaben; bitte um das, was du begehrst.“

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle), ‘then/now’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• gataḥ: having attained
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘gone/attained’

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varṣa-ante: at year’s end
• varṣa-ante: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (anta), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—वर्षस्य अन्ते (at the end of the year)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• varadaḥ: boon-giving
• varadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—वरं ददाति इति (giver of boons)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle), ‘thus’

• prārthayasva: ask / request
• prārthayasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√arth (अर्थ् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘as/according to’

• īpsitam: what is desired
• īpsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √āp (आप् धातु) + desiderative īpsita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘desired/wished-for’

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the completion of a year, Śiva manifests before the king near the liṅga—radiant, calm, with Nandi emblem; the king kneels in devotion as Śiva offers boons with raised blessing hand.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, disciplined worship matures into divine grace; the deity responds as Varada (boon-giver) when devotion is complete.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is implied by the ‘here’ of the narrative, but the name is not included in the quoted verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied completion of a year-long observance culminating in Śiva’s satisfaction; the explicit rite is vrata-based worship.