Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तानि चार्पय मे भूयो येनानृण्यं व्रजाम्यहम् । तस्या देव्याः सुराधीश त्वत्प्रसादेन सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

tāni cārpaya me bhūyo yenānṛṇyaṃ vrajāmyaham | tasyā devyāḥ surādhīśa tvatprasādena sāṃpratam

Translation

Und gib mir jene Dinge nochmals zurück, damit ich schuldenfrei werde. O Herr der Götter, jetzt, durch deine Gnade, bin ich von meiner Verpflichtung gegenüber jener Göttin entbunden.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अर्पय: offer, present
• अर्पय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd sg.)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen./Dat. sg.; enclitic)

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण; पुनः/अधिकम्)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instr. sg.)

• अनृण्यम्: freedom from debt/obligation
• अनृण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc. sg.)

• व्रजामि: I go, I attain
• व्रजामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 1st sg.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Gen. sg.)

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Gen. sg.)

• सुराधीश: O lord of the gods
• सुराधीश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + अधीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Voc. sg.)

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masc., Instr. sg.)

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Rājā (addressing Śiva as Surādhīśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devīkuṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant petitions the Lord of the gods to return entrusted items, seeking freedom from debt to a Goddess; the moment is intimate, ethical, and devotional—hands folded, offerings present, divine presence calm yet authoritative.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes clearing obligations—returning what was entrusted, and seeking release from spiritual and moral debts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within the Devīkuṇḍa-centered tīrtha narrative of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of formally returning/handing over the sacred items, framed as a dharmic settlement (anṛṇya).