Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
त्रैलोक्ये त्वत्प्रसादेन नासाध्यं विद्यते मम
Transliteration
trailokye tvatprasādena nāsādhyaṃ vidyate mama
Translation
Dans les trois mondes, par ta grâce, rien ne m’est impossible.
Word by Word
त्रैलोक्येin the three worlds
त्रैलोक्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु ‘त्रयः लोकाः’ = त्रैलोक्यम्; English: Locative singular ‘in the three worlds’
त्वत्प्रसादेनby your grace
त्वत्प्रसादेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ‘त्वत् प्रसादः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); English: Instrumental singular ‘by your grace’
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
असाध्यम्impossible
असाध्यम्:
Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (नञ्-प्रत्यय) + साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषभावः (prefixal negation); English: Neuter nominative singular ‘impossible’
विद्यतेexists
विद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; English: Present, 3rd person singular, middle ‘exists’
ममfor me / of me
मम:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Genitive singular pronoun
Speaker
Newly created being (gaṇa/nāgamukha entity)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The supplicant, hands folded, speaks with confident devotion before the radiant Goddess; the tri-loka motif can be hinted via three-tiered cosmic backdrop (earth, mid-sky, heaven).
Characters & Entities
D
Devī (implied)FAQs
Divine grace (prasāda) is presented as the ultimate enabler—transforming limitation into capacity aligned with cosmic order.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse conveys a general theological principle within a tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None.