Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं रूपं महादेवि त्वत्प्रसादाच्चिरन्तनम् । ब्रह्मलोकं गमिष्यामि मामनुज्ञातुमर्हसि

Transliteration

prāptaṃ rūpaṃ mahādevi tvatprasādāccirantanam | brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyāmi māmanujñātumarhasi

Translation

O Mahādevī, durch deine Gnade habe ich meine uralte, ursprüngliche Schönheit wiedererlangt. Nun werde ich nach Brahmaloka gehen; gewähre mir die Erlaubnis dazu.

Word by Word

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, attained
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु) + प्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg; predicative with 'rūpam')

• रूपम्: form, beauty
• रूपम्: Karma (Object understood: 'I have obtained a form')
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन (feminine vocative singular)

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'your grace'); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (masculine ablative singular)

• चिरन्तनम्: everlasting, long-standing
• चिरन्तनम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिरन्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg; qualifying 'rūpam')

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (masculine accusative singular)

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (accusative singular)

• अनुज्ञातुम्: to give permission
• अनुज्ञातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अव्ययभाव (to permit/allow)

• अर्हसि: you ought, you are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

Speaker

Tilottamā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tilottamā, restored in splendor, addresses the Great Goddess with folded hands, requesting leave to depart upward toward Brahmaloka; Devī listens with serene authority.

Characters & Entities

• Tilottamā
• Gaurī
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after receiving blessings, one should act with dharmic restraint—seeking the deity’s permission and remaining accountable to sacred authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse mentions Brahmaloka as the destination; the glorified earthly tīrtha is contextual and emerges with Tilottamā’s vow to establish a tīrtha in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it records a formal request for anujñā (permission) before departure.