Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता तासां सा तुष्टिमभ्यगात् । अब्रवीच्च प्रतुष्टोऽहं वरं दास्यामि पुत्रिकाः

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā tāsāṃ sā tuṣṭimabhyagāt | abravīcca pratuṣṭo'haṃ varaṃ dāsyāmi putrikāḥ

Translation

ઘણો સમય ગયા પછી દેવી તેમની ઉપર પ્રસન્ન થઈ અને બોલી—“હું સંપૂર્ણ સંતોષમાં છું; પુત્રિકાઓ, હું તમને વરદાન આપું છું।”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थान/कालवाचक (indeclinable adverb: 'thereupon/then')

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• महता: great, long
• महता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'कालेन')

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction, pleasure
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अभ्यगात्: attained, came to
• अभ्यगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अब्रवी: said, spoke
• अब्रवी: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• प्रतुष्टः: fully pleased
• प्रतुष्टः: Karta (Predicative to 'अहम्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ तुष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रिकाः: O daughters (girls)
• पुत्रिकाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative form), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थ (address)

Speaker

Devī Durgā (implied by context; Devī begins speaking here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate Goddess, radiant and serene, addresses a group of devoted maidens after long austerities, announcing her satisfaction and readiness to grant a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Durgā)
• Dakṣakanyāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion over time culminates in Devī’s prasāda, showing that tapas bears fruit when sustained with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon arises within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha setting; the verse itself does not name the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is sustained tapas and worship until the deity is pleased (tuṣṭi).