Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ततो मया हरः प्रोक्तो यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । कुरुष्व मां गणं देव नान्यत्किंचिद्वृणोम्यहम्

Transliteration

tato mayā haraḥ prokto yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | kuruṣva māṃ gaṇaṃ deva nānyatkiṃcidvṛṇomyaham

Translation

そこで我はハラに申し上げた。「もし我に満足されたなら、主よ、神よ、我をあなたのガナ（従者の一員）となさってください。ほかには何も願いません。」

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘then’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by me’

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• proktaḥ: was spoken (addressed)
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘spoken/said’ (here: ‘addressed/said to’)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

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

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• kuruṣva: make, do
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (कुरुष्व)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• gaṇam: a gaṇa (attendant)
• gaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; predicate-object ‘(as) a gaṇa’

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; indefinite ‘something/anything’

• vṛṇomi: I choose, I ask for
• vṛṇomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Devotee/Narrator (speaking to Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (as Śiva-dhāma ideal)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hara/Śiva (addressed as प्रभो, देव)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, rejecting all other boons, asks only to become Śiva’s gaṇa; Śiva stands radiant, trident-bearing, while the devotee speaks with unwavering humility.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Hara)
• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest aspiration is intimate service to Śiva (gaṇatva), not material gain—devotion seeks proximity, not profit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights the devotee’s boon-request; the site remains in the chapter’s tīrtha backdrop rather than being named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it records the devotee’s chosen boon: becoming Śiva’s gaṇa.