Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भोभोस्तारक तुष्टोऽस्मि साहसं मेदृशं कुरु । प्रार्थयस्व मनोऽभीष्टं येन ते प्रददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

bhobhostāraka tuṣṭo'smi sāhasaṃ medṛśaṃ kuru | prārthayasva mano'bhīṣṭaṃ yena te pradadāmyaham

Translation

„O Tāraka, ich bin zufrieden. Zeige mir die kühne Bitte, die du hast. Bitte um das, was dein Herz begehrt, damit ich es dir gewähren kann.“

Word by Word

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (repeated for emphasis)

• तारक: O Tāraka
• तारक: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of speaker)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• साहसम्: a bold act, daring deed
• साहसम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र षष्ठी (my)

• ईदृशम्: such, like this
• ईदृशम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying साहसम्)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रार्थयस्व: ask, request
• प्रार्थयस्व: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभीष्टम्: desired, wished-for
• अभीष्टम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; इष् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying मनः)

• येन: by which, so that
• येन: Karana (Instrument: by which/so that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रददामि: I give, I grant
• प्रददामि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, smiling, leans slightly forward on Nandi, right hand in varada-mudrā; gaṇas form a semicircle; the petitioner stands with folded hands, poised to speak; the air glows with auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the deity is pleased, the devotee is invited to articulate intention—showing that boons follow divine satisfaction and clarity of desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa is the implied sacred setting where Śiva’s boon-bestowal occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is the boon-offering moment (vara-pradāna).