Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । परितुष्टाऽस्मि ते वत्स प्रभावाद्भार्गवस्य च । वरं वरय तस्मात्त्वं न वृथा दर्शनं मम

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | parituṣṭā'smi te vatsa prabhāvādbhārgavasya ca | varaṃ varaya tasmāttvaṃ na vṛthā darśanaṃ mama

Translation

吉祥なる女神は仰せになった。「愛し子よ、汝に満足した。さらに婆羅伽婆（シュクラ）の威徳と功徳の力によってもである。ゆえに願いを選べ。わが汝への顕現は決して無駄とはならぬ。」

Word by Word

• श्रीदेवी: the auspicious Goddess
• श्रीदेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—श्री + देवी (कर्मधारय)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• परितुष्टा: fully pleased
• परितुष्टा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + तुष् (धातु) → परितुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; संबन्ध (possessive/relational)

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रभावात्: because of the power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भार्गवस्य: of Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वरय: choose (ask for)
• वरय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Prayojaka (Reason/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् निपात (indeclinable adverbial: ‘therefore/from that’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• दर्शनम्: the sight/vision (of me)
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Devī (Kelīśvarī Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess manifests before the devotee (Andhaka), serene yet majestic, granting permission to ask a boon; a subtle aura indicates Bhārgava’s (Śukra’s) merit-power supporting the encounter.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhārgava (Śukra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana culminates in grace and boon; the devotee’s humility, aided by a guru’s merit, ripens into divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kelīśvarī Devī’s sacred setting is implied as a place where darśana is fruitful and boons are granted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is commanded here; the result of devotion is emphasized—darśana leading to vara (boon).