Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । परितुष्टास्मि ते पुत्रि वरं प्रार्थय सुव्रते । असंदिग्धं प्रदास्यामि यत्ते हृदि सदा स्थितम्

Transliteration

devyuvāca | parituṣṭāsmi te putri varaṃ prārthaya suvrate | asaṃdigdhaṃ pradāsyāmi yatte hṛdi sadā sthitam

Translation

The Goddess said: “I am well pleased with you, my daughter—O you of noble vow. Ask for a boon; without doubt I shall grant what has ever abided in your heart.”

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• परितुष्टा: fully pleased
• परितुष्टा: Pradhana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parituṣṭā (कृदन्त; pari√tuṣ (तुष्) धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/अस्ति-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन

• ते: to you; of you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (to you/of you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (genitive/dative singular)

• पुत्रि: O daughter
• पुत्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative singular)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• प्रार्थय: ask; request
• प्रार्थय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√arth (अर्थ्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन

• सुव्रते: O good-vowed one
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vrata (सु + व्रत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (सु + व्रता: “of good vow”)

• असंदिग्धम्: without doubt; certainly
• असंदिग्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (वरम्/यत् इत्यस्य)

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular)

• हृदि: in (your) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always)

• स्थितम्: situated; abiding
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pūjikā/putrī (devotee addressed as ‘daughter’, identity not specified in this excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahēśvarī speaks gently to the devotee, right hand in varada-mudrā; the devotee kneels with folded hands; a luminous thread links Devī’s heart to the devotee’s heart, symbolizing ‘hṛdi sthitam’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Viṣakanyā (addressed as putrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and vow are sincere, the Goddess’ grace removes uncertainty and fulfills the heart’s righteous longing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon is granted within the chapter’s āśrama/tīrtha setting in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, highlighting the place as a seat of Devī’s immediate grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, steadfast vrata and devotion that please the Goddess; no specific external rite is detailed in this verse.