Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

वांछितं लभते चाशु तस्येशस्य प्रभावतः । अष्टोत्तरशतं यावद्यो जपेत्पुरतः स्थितः

Transliteration

vāṃchitaṃ labhate cāśu tasyeśasya prabhāvataḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃ yāvadyo japetpurataḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

その主の威力によって、彼は望むものを速やかに得る。御前に立ち、百八回までジャパ（念誦）するならば。

Word by Word

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छित (√वाञ्छ् + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; कर्मपद (desired thing)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

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

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of speed)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• ईशस्य: of the Lord
• ईशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• प्रभावतः: due to (his) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight (times)
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karma (Object/measure of japa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यासमास: ‘अष्टोत्तरं शतम्’ = 108); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• यावत्: up to, as much as
• यावत्: Parimāṇa (Extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (up to/as much as)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front of)

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; यः-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (liṅga-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the liṅga counting 108 recitations with a mālā; the atmosphere suggests quick fulfillment of a heartfelt wish through Śiva’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa/Śiva (implied)
• Rudraśīrṣa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused repetition (japa) in the deity’s presence is taught as a potent discipline that bears swift fruit through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rudraśīrṣa-liṅga tīrtha described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform japa while standing before the deity, up to 108 repetitions.