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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

कामनां यां समुद्दिश्य दीपं कारयते हरौ । सासा सिद्ध्यति निर्विघ्ना सुप्तेऽनंते गुणोत्तरम्

Transliteration

kāmanāṃ yāṃ samuddiśya dīpaṃ kārayate harau | sāsā siddhyati nirvighnā supte'naṃte guṇottaram

Translation

Welchen Wunsch man auch hegt: Lässt man eine Lampe bereiten und sie Hari darbringen, so erfüllt sich eben dieser Wunsch ohne Hindernis—besonders wenn Ananta (Viṣṇu) in yogischer Ruhe weilt, reich an höchsten Eigenschaften.

Word by Word
कामनाम्a desire; wish
कामनाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकामना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
याम्which
याम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
समुद्दिश्यhaving intended; aiming at
समुद्दिश्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उद् + दिश् (धातु) → समुद्दिश्य (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), अर्थे—‘उद्दिश्य/लक्ष्यीकृत्य’ (having intended/aimed at)
दीपम्a lamp
दीपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
कारयतेcauses to be made; arranges
कारयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (णिच्-प्रयोजक)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच् (causative) — ‘करोति’ → ‘कारयति/कारयते’ (causes to be made/has made)
हरौin (the presence of) Hari; for Hari
हरौ:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विषये/अधिकरणे (in/for Hari)
साthat (desire)
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संकेतः—कामना (that desire)
साthat indeed
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (emphatic repetition)
सिद्ध्यतिis fulfilled; succeeds
सिद्ध्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसिध् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
निर्विघ्नाwithout obstacles
निर्विघ्ना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर् + विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (free from obstacles)
सुप्तेwhen (he) is asleep
सुप्ते:
Adhikarana (Temporal/Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्वप्’ धातोः; पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेष्यः—अनन्तः (when Ananta is asleep)
अनन्तेin Ananta (Vishnu)
अनन्ते:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम (in Ananta)
गुणोत्तरम्excellent in qualities; most virtuous
गुणोत्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘गुणैः उत्तरम्/गुणेषु उत्तमम्’ (superior in qualities)
Speaker

Contextual: Brahmā (Brahmā–Nārada Saṃvāda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a steady lamp before Hari reclining on Ananta-Śeṣa; the sanctum glows while the devotee silently forms a saṅkalpa for a wish to be fulfilled without obstacles.

Characters & Entities
H
Hari
A
Ananta

FAQs

Desires are best pursued through dharmic devotion; dīpa-dāna to Hari is taught as a means for unobstructed fulfilment.

The teaching is embedded in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative frame, though the promise is stated in broadly applicable temple terms.

Dedicate a lamp-offering to Hari with a specific intention (saṅkalpa) during the Ananta-śayana/Cāturmāsya period.

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