Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

उत्थापने न ते किञ्चिदसाध्यं विद्यते विभो । तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे यथा स्यान्मम चांबया

Transliteration

utthāpane na te kiñcidasādhyaṃ vidyate vibho | tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yathā syānmama cāṃbayā

Translation

Ô Puissant Seigneur, pour toi rien n’est impossible lorsqu’il s’agit de relever ce qui est tombé. Accorde-moi donc ta grâce, afin que je sois de nouveau réuni à ma mère.

Word by Word

• उत्थापने: in raising/bringing up (restoring)
• उत्थापने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्थापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय — negation particle

• ते: for you/of you
• ते: Shashthi-Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) वा चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — ‘of you/to you’

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — indeclinable-like pronoun ‘anything’

• असाध्यम्: impossible
• असाध्यम्: Vidhaya-Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन — Nominative singular (predicate adjective)

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) (अर्थे ‘अस्ति’)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — exists/is found

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: हेतुतः/तदर्थक-अव्यय — ‘therefore’ (ablatival adverb)

• कुरु: do/show
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — do!

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) वा षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — enclitic ‘me’

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उद्देश्यवाचक-अव्यय — ‘so that/as’

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/सम्भावना), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — may be

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• अम्बया: with mother
• अम्बया: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (association)

Speaker

Śatānanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śatānanda emphasizes Gautama’s power to restore the fallen and begs for grace so he may be reunited with his mother; Gautama appears as an immovable ascetic force, yet the scene hints at softening compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Śatānanda
• Ambā (mother; unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse underscores faith in spiritual authority and the dharmic ideal that grace and restoration are possible through right approach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya (Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it prepares for instructions concerning prāyaścitta and purification.