Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

परं तथापि देवेन्द्र करिष्यामि हितं तव

Transliteration

paraṃ tathāpi devendra kariṣyāmi hitaṃ tava

Translation

„Doch dennoch, o Devendra, werde ich tun, was zu deinem Wohl ist.“

Word by Word

• परम्: however, but
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (adversative: however/but)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; even/also)

• देवेन्द्र: O lord of the gods (Indra)
• देवेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• हितम्: benefit, welfare
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक; √धा with नि- prefix in sense 'placed/beneficial')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: for you/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devendra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu offers reassurance to Devendra (Indra), promising to act for his welfare; the moment is intimate—divine protector pledging support before directing a journey.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Indra (Devendra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s compassion responds to devotion: even when a problem seems bound by prior boons, divine wisdom finds a beneficial path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; this is a reassurance within the Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it states the granting of help as a result of Indra’s meritorious observance.