Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

भर्त्ता भवतु मे विष्णुः शाश्वताभीष्टदः सदा । नान्यत्किंचिदभीष्टं मे राज्यं त्रिदिवशोभनम्

Transliteration

bharttā bhavatu me viṣṇuḥ śāśvatābhīṣṭadaḥ sadā | nānyatkiṃcidabhīṣṭaṃ me rājyaṃ tridivaśobhanam

Translation

Que Viṣṇu soit mon époux : éternel, et toujours dispensateur de ce qui est vraiment désirable. Je ne souhaite rien d’autre, pas même un royaume éclatant comme le ciel.

Word by Word

• भर्ता: husband/lord
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवतु: let (him) be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/apposition to भर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शाश्वताभीष्टदः: giver of eternal desired boons
• शाश्वताभीष्टदः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘द’ = दाता)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निर्धारणार्थ): ‘शाश्वतानि अभीष्टानि ददाति’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of विष्णुः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा (contextually object), एकवचन; ‘किंचित्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभीष्टम्: desired
• अभीष्टम्: Visheshana (Predicate of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• मे: for me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom/sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karta/Pratijna (Subject of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अभीष्टम्’ इत्यस्य समनाधिकरण

• त्रिदिवशोभनम्: splendid like heaven
• त्रिदिवशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘त्रिदिवस्य शोभनम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of राज्यम्)

Speaker

Narrator-devotee (female votary)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Surēśvarī/Gaurī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee declares the sole desire: Viṣṇu as husband, rejecting even a heaven-like kingdom; Devī stands as witness and granter; a subtle vision of Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa) may appear in the background as the ‘śāśvata’ goal.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion prioritizes divine relationship and eternal good over power, status, or even celestial pleasures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon request belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra episode, illustrating the fruit of worship performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse presents the devotee’s boon-choice shaped by prior tīrtha-based worship.