Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

मत्तोऽन्यदपि देवेश वरं प्रार्थय वांछितम् । कैलासशिखरं येन गच्छामि त्वरयाऽन्वितः

Transliteration

matto'nyadapi deveśa varaṃ prārthaya vāṃchitam | kailāsaśikharaṃ yena gacchāmi tvarayā'nvitaḥ

Translation

(Śiva dit :) «Ô Seigneur des Devas, demande-moi encore une grâce selon ton désir—par laquelle je puisse me rendre promptement au sommet du Kailāsa».

Word by Word

• mattaḥ: from me
• mattaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): 'देवानाम् ईशः'; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• prārthaya: request/ask
• prārthaya: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + arth (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• vāṃchitam: desired
• vāṃchitam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃch (धातु) → vāṃchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'varam' विशेषणम्

• kailāsaśikharam: the peak of Kailāsa
• kailāsaśikharam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa + śikhara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): 'कैलासस्य शिखरम्'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular); साधनार्थे

• gacchāmi: I go
• gacchāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• tvarayā: with speed/haste
• tvarayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• anvitaḥ: endowed/possessed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anv + i (धातु) → anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (अहं)

Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān / Maheśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, serene after victory, addresses Indra with calm authority, offering another boon; in the background, a visionary glimpse of snow-bright Kailāsa peak suggests his intended swift return.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Deveśa (Indra implied)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after victory, the Lord acts with grace and order—seeking rightful consent and concluding the mission without attachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as Śiva’s supreme abode; the immediate tīrtha of the chapter remains implicit in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns a boon (vara) request.