Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः कृतांजलिर्भूत्वा याचयेद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमान् । सर्वे मे नियमाः प्राप्ता युष्माकं च प्रसादतः

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛtāṃjalirbhūtvā yācayedbrāhmaṇottamān | sarve me niyamāḥ prāptā yuṣmākaṃ ca prasādataḥ

Translation

Ensuite, les mains jointes en signe de révérence, qu’on adresse une requête aux brāhmanes d’élite : «Par votre grâce, toutes mes observances ont été accomplies».

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequential adverb)

• कृताञ्जलिः: having folded hands
• कृताञ्जलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक; कृ (धातु) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival, ‘with hands folded’)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having become’

• याचयेत्: should request/beg
• याचयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणोत्तमान्: the best Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणोत्तमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘niyamāḥ’)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• नियमाः: observances/rules
• नियमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्राप्ताः: have been obtained/attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicative verbal notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘obtained/attained’ (predicate)

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• प्रसादतः: due to (your) grace/favor
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee stands with kṛtāñjali before seated brāhmaṇas, head slightly bowed; offerings already placed; the moment is quiet—requesting their blessing and acknowledging completion through their grace.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Añjali
• Prasāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual discipline is completed with humility—acknowledging grace and seeking blessings rather than claiming personal merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse prescribes the etiquette of concluding a vrata within the Purāṇic dharma framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Join the palms and formally request the brāhmaṇas’ blessing, acknowledging completion of niyamas by their grace.