Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तथापि च करिष्यामि युष्मदर्थमसंशयम् । उपायं लघु सन्तृप्तिर्येन वोऽत्र भवि ष्यति

Transliteration

tathāpi ca kariṣyāmi yuṣmadarthamasaṃśayam | upāyaṃ laghu santṛptiryena vo'tra bhavi ṣyati

Translation

Pourtant, sans aucun doute, j’agirai pour votre bien. Je donnerai un moyen par lequel, ici même, votre satisfaction sera obtenue aisément.

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/विरोधसूचक-निपात (concessive particle: 'even so/however')

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

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• युष्मदर्थम्: your purpose/for your sake
• युष्मदर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (genitive determinative: 'for you'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• उपायम्: a means, method
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लघु: easy, quick
• लघु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'उपायम्')

• सन्तृप्तिः: satisfaction, contentment
• सन्तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (instrumental: 'by which')

• वः: for you / to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic 'vaḥ': of you/for you)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Prāpitāmaha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛ-gaṇas; Mahārāja as narrative listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prāpitāmaha reassures the Pitṛs: ‘I will certainly do for your sake; I will provide an easy means by which you will be satisfied here itself.’ A gesture of blessing and decisive compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Prāpitāmaha
• Pitṛgaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic compassion expresses itself as practical dharma: a workable ritual path is given so ancestors may be supported.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on the dharmic ‘means’ to satisfy Pitṛs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘means’ (upāya) is promised; the specific prescription is detailed in the following verses as Amāvāsyā śrāddha.