Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । ब्राह्मण्यं देहि मे शक्र यदि तुष्टोऽसि सांप्रतम् । तदर्थं तपसश्चर्यां जानीहि त्वं पुरंदर

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | brāhmaṇyaṃ dehi me śakra yadi tuṣṭo'si sāṃpratam | tadarthaṃ tapasaścaryāṃ jānīhi tvaṃ puraṃdara

Translation

វិશ્વាមិត្រ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ឱ សក្រន្ទ្រ (ឥន្ទ្រៈ) ប្រសិនបើអ្នកពេញចិត្តនៅពេលនេះ សូមប្រទានឲ្យខ្ញុំបានស្ថានភាពព្រាហ្មណ៍។ ឱ បុរន្ទរ ចូរដឹងថា ខ្ញុំបានអនុវត្តតបស្យា ដើម្បីគោលបំណងនេះឯង»។

Word by Word

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brāhmaṇyam: brahminhood
• brāhmaṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘to me/for me’

• śakra: O Śakra (Indra)
• śakra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction): ‘if’

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (तुष् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sāṃpratam: now
• sāṃpratam: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘now/at present’

• tad-artham: for that purpose
• tad-artham: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः: ‘for that purpose’

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• caryām: practice, observance
• caryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• jānīhi: know, understand
• jānīhi: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• puraṃdara: O Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Śakra/Purandara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra speaks firmly, eyes steady, requesting brāhmaṇya; Indra listens with mixed relief and constraint, vajra lowered, acknowledging the ascetic’s singular aim.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Indra (Śakra, Purandara)
• Brāhmaṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames brahminhood as an attained spiritual stature grounded in tapas and purpose, not merely birth or power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this request; it belongs to the wider Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is affirmed as the means undertaken for a defined spiritual goal.