Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

श्रीसूर्य उवाच । वरदोस्म्यद्य भद्रं ते वरं प्रार्थय गालव । अतिदुर्लभमप्याशु तव दास्याम्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

śrīsūrya uvāca | varadosmyadya bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya gālava | atidurlabhamapyāśu tava dāsyāmyasaṃśayam

Translation

聖なるスーリヤは告げた。「今日、我は汝に福徳を授ける者である—汝に吉祥あれ。ガーラヴァよ、願いを申せ。たとえ得難き願いであっても、我は疑いなく速やかに汝に授けよう。」

Word by Word

• श्रीसूर्यः: Śrī Sūrya (the revered Sun)
• श्रीसूर्यः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + sūrya (श्री-प्रातिपदिक + सूर्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — 'the venerable/auspicious Sun' (speaker)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'said'

• वरदः: a boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varada (वरद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषभाव (varaṃ dadāti iti) — 'giver of boons' (predicate adjective)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'I am'

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb) — 'today/now'

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Sambandha (Benedictive exclamation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (भद्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वाद-प्रयोगः (benedictive expression) — 'good fortune'

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic) — 'to you/for you' (idiomatic in blessing: 'may it be well for you')

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'a boon' (object of asking)

• प्रार्थय: ask
• प्रार्थय: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√arth (अर्थ् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — 'ask/request'

• गालव: O Gālava
• गालव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gālava (गालव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन — address

• अतिदुर्लभम्: even extremely rare
• अतिदुर्लभम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + durlabha (अति अव्यय + दुर्लभ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः/उपपद-समासभाव — 'very difficult to obtain' (qualifies implied वरम्)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle) — 'even/also'

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषणम् — 'quickly'

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'to you/for you' (genitive used for recipient)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — 'I will give'

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (अ-नञ् + संशय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन used adverbially — 'without doubt'

Speaker

Śrī Sūrya (Ravi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, radiant and benevolent, speaks directly to Gālava: right hand in boon-giving gesture, face compassionate; Gālava listens with folded hands beneath the banyan.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Sūrya
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic promise is that sincere worship culminates in divine responsiveness—God becomes ‘varada’ to the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The exchange occurs in the same implied Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra; the verse itself does not name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is the divine authorization to seek a boon, indicating completion of the devotee’s vrata.