Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

क्षंतुमर्हसि विश्वेश शिरसा त्वां प्रसादये । शापानुग्रह एवैष कृतस्ते वै न संशयः

Transliteration

kṣaṃtumarhasi viśveśa śirasā tvāṃ prasādaye | śāpānugraha evaiṣa kṛtaste vai na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

O Herr des Universums, es ziemt Dir zu vergeben; mit geneigtem Haupt suche ich Dich zu besänftigen. Dies ist für Dich wahrlich zugleich Züchtigung und Gnade geworden — daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• क्षन्तुम्: to forgive
• क्षन्तुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत्; ‘to forgive’

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

• विश्वेश: O Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शिरसा: with (my) head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘with (my) head’ (bowing)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रसादये: I propitiate/please
• प्रसादये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (धातु; प्र + सद्/सादय् caus.)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to propitiate/please’

• शापानुग्रहः: curse-and-favor (both)
• शापानुग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शापानुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; शाप + अनुग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (curse and favor)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); emphasis ‘indeed/only’

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतः: has been done
• कृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘done/made’

• ते: by you
• ते: Kartr-sambandha (Agent in PPP/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); ‘by you/for you’—here genitive ‘by you’ in PPP construction

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphasis

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (stotra voice within Tīrthamāhātmya narration; attributed to the hymn-reciter in the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, head bowed, palms joined, pleads before Viśveśa; the deity’s presence is calm yet awe-inspiring, suggesting both chastisement and mercy.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viśveśa
• Śāpa
• Anugraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine correction can be grace; surrender and humility transform fear of punishment into acceptance of Śiva’s anugraha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the tīrtha is not named in this verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prostration/bowing the head and seeking prasāda (propitiation) are implied; no detailed rite is enumerated.