Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

मत्प्रीत्यै यदि देहार्थं वैष्णवं च प्रयच्छसि । शापस्यानुग्रहं कुर्यां प्रसववदना सती

Transliteration

matprītyai yadi dehārthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca prayacchasi | śāpasyānugrahaṃ kuryāṃ prasavavadanā satī

Translation

«Si, pour ma joie, tu accordes un don de nature vaiṣṇava, propice au bien de l’être incarné, alors moi—Satī, au visage d’une mère sur le point d’enfanter—je changerai la malédiction en grâce.»

Word by Word

• matprītyai: for my satisfaction
• matprītyai: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient—‘for my pleasure’/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समास: मत् (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध) + प्रीति

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तसूचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• dehārtham: for the sake of the body
• dehārtham: Hetu (Purpose/cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deha + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थे द्वितीया—क्रियाविशेषणवत् ‘देहस्य अर्थम्/हेतोः’ (for the sake of the body)

• vaiṣṇavam: a Vaiṣṇava (rite/thing)
• vaiṣṇavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• prayacchasi: you give / bestow
• prayacchasi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• anugraham: favor / mitigation
• anugraham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuryām: I would do / I shall grant
• kuryām: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• prasavavadanā: she whose face was (like) childbirth (i.e., in labor)
• prasavavadanā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasava + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: प्रसव- (प्रसवसम्बन्धि) + वदना (face)

• satī: Satī
• satī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम/विशेष्य

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī/Bhagavatī; addressed as Satī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (Sati) speaks to Śaṅkara with a tender, maternal countenance, requesting a Vaiṣṇava-aligned boon so that a curse may ripen into blessing; the atmosphere is intimate, compassionate, and doctrinally charged.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu (Vaiṣṇava)
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power can transmute adversity: even a śāpa can become an anugraha when aligned with dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting; the verse emphasizes theological reconciliation rather than topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A “Vaiṣṇava” grant/boon is requested in connection with bodily welfare; specifics are not detailed in this line alone.