Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

त्वमपि प्रार्थयाभीष्टमस्मत्तो वरवर्णिनि । यत्ते चित्ते स्थितं नित्यं नादेयं विद्यतेऽत्र नः

Transliteration

tvamapi prārthayābhīṣṭamasmatto varavarṇini | yatte citte sthitaṃ nityaṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate'tra naḥ

Translation

Toi aussi, ô dame au teint gracieux, demande-nous ce que tu désires. Ce qui demeure à jamais établi dans ton cœur : ici, rien n’est hors de notre pouvoir d’accorder.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• प्रार्थय: ask, request
• प्रार्थय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-arth (प्र + अर्थ्/अर्थय्-धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• अभीष्टम्: the desired (boon)
• अभीष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhīṣṭa (अभीष्ट-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (what is desired)

• अस्मत्तः: from us
• अस्मत्तः: Apadana (Source/From us/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-varṇinī (वर + वर्णिनी [प्रातिपदिक])
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरः वर्णः यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (यद्-वाक्य-सम्बन्धे)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• चित्ते: in (your) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• स्थितम्: situated, present
• स्थितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था-धातु) + kta → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यत्-विशेषण

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (always/constantly)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• आदेयम्: not to be refused/withheld (lit. not to be taken away)
• आदेयम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-dā (आ + दा-धातु) + ya → ādeya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/योग्यतार्थे: ‘to be taken/given’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• विद्यते: is found, exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद्-धातु; ‘to be found’ अर्थे आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas address the fair-complexioned lady, inviting her to ask any boon; the couple stands humbly, devas radiant and benevolent.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Pativratā (devoted wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas present divine grace as responsive to virtue and sincere intention; heartfelt wishes aligned with dharma are supported.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon request that follows establishes the renown of a local water-feature (later named Dīrghikā) within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it is an invitation to make a dharmic boon-request (vara-prārthanā) that sacralizes place.