Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्या गतस्तुष्टिं भगवांस्त्रिपुरांतकः । वरदोऽस्मीति तां प्राह प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना

Transliteration

tatastasyā gatastuṣṭiṃ bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ | varado'smīti tāṃ prāha prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord Tripurāntaka became pleased with her and, his inner being delighted, said to her, “I am a giver of boons.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; षष्ठी (Genitive, Singular)

• गतः: having gone/come
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction, pleasure
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• त्रिपुरांतकः: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरांतकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• वरदः: granting boons
• वरदः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular); विशेषण (अहम्/भगवान्)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (वचन-पर्यवसान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रहृष्टेन: with delighted
• प्रहृष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√हृष् (धातु) → प्रहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया (Instrumental, Singular); भावे/करणे (with delighted...)

• अंतरात्मना: with (his) inner self/heart
• अंतरात्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अन्तरः आत्मा); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया (Instrumental, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka manifests—radiant, ash-smeared, with matted locks and crescent moon—before the delighted devotee, declaring himself a boon-giver; the atmosphere is charged with sacred joy.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and sacred service mature, Śiva responds as Varada—granting grace and fulfilling righteous aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is the kṣetra where the vāpī and Śiva installation were done; the verse itself does not provide the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it records the divine response to prior tapas and tīrtha-creation.