Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततः संवत्सरस्यांते प्रसन्ना तस्य देवता । प्रोवाच वद यत्कृत्यं सिद्धाहं तव सन्मुने

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte prasannā tasya devatā | provāca vada yatkṛtyaṃ siddhāhaṃ tava sanmune

Translation

Dann, am Ende eines Jahres, sprach jene Gottheit, ihm wohlgesinnt: „O edler Weiser, sprich, was zu tun ist; ich bin vollendet und bereit für dich.“

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): 'thereafter'

• संवत्सरस्य: of the year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Gen., Sg.)

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Loc., Sg.)

• प्रसन्ना: pleased
• प्रसन्ना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; past participial adjective)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Sg.)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Gen., Sg.)

• देवता: the goddess/deity
• देवता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Sg.)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग प्र- (3rd Sg. Perfect)

• वद: say/tell
• वद: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (Imperative, 2nd, Sg.)

• यत्: what
• यत्: Vishaya (Content/विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Sg.; interrogative/relative sense 'what')

• कृत्यम्: task to be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Sg.)

• सिद्धा: accomplished/ready
• सिद्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; past participial adjective)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Sg.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Nom., Sg.)

• तव: for you/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, Gen., Sg.)

• सन्मुने: O good sage
• सन्मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्-मुनि (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Voc., Sg.); कर्मधारय (good sage)

Speaker

Devatā (Viśoṣiṇī/Ākāśacāriṇī; contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a year of austerity, the deity appears radiant before the sage, speaking a boon-granting sentence; the atmosphere is calm, luminous, and charged with fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Devatā
• Sage (muni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-bound devotion culminates in divine grace, where the deity becomes ‘siddha’—fully responsive to a righteous seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting for this chapter; the verse focuses on the result (deity’s pleasure) rather than naming the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of a sustained observance over a year (saṃvatsara-anta) leading to deity-pleasure and boon-bestowal readiness.