Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यदिच्छसि तथा कुर्यां तथा तव मनोरथान् । प्रसन्नवदना भूत्वा कथयस्व वरानने

Transliteration

yadicchasi tathā kuryāṃ tathā tava manorathān | prasannavadanā bhūtvā kathayasva varānane

Translation

Was immer du wünschst, so werde ich es tun; ebenso sollen die Wünsche deines Herzens erfüllt werden. Werde freudig und heiter im Antlitz und sage mir, o Schönangesichtige, welche Gaben du begehrst.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-निपात (conditional)

• इच्छसि: you wish
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुर्याम्: I should do
• कुर्याम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मनोरथान्: wishes, desires
• मनोरथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• प्रसन्नवदना: with a cheerful face
• प्रसन्नवदना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न + वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (प्रसन्नं वदनं यस्याः सा)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• कथयस्व: tell (me)
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वरानने: O lovely-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् आननं यस्याः सा)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara/Śaṅkara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara offers unconditional support—open palm gesture of boon-giving; the Goddess brightens, preparing to speak her desired boons; attendants lean in, anticipating sacred conditions.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, humility and devotion open the way for divine boons and fulfillment of righteous desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse frames the granting of boons within the Cāturmāsya-related account.