Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

मत्प्रीत्यै यदि देहार्थं वैष्णवं च प्रयच्छसि । शापस्यानुग्रहं कुर्यां प्रसववदना सती

Transliteration

matprītyai yadi dehārthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca prayacchasi | śāpasyānugrahaṃ kuryāṃ prasavavadanā satī

Translation

ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಗಾಗಿ ದೇಹಹಿತಕರವಾದ ವೈಷ್ಣವಸ್ವರೂಪ ವರವನ್ನು ನೀನು ನೀಡಿದರೆ, ನಾನು—ಪ್ರಸವಿಸಬರುವ ತಾಯಿಯಂತೆ ಮುಖವಳ್ಳ ಸತಿ—ಶಾಪವನ್ನು ಅನುಗ್ರಹವಾಗಿಸುವೆನು।

Word by Word

• matprītyai: for my satisfaction
• matprītyai: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient—‘for my pleasure’/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समास: मत् (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध) + प्रीति

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तसूचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• dehārtham: for the sake of the body
• dehārtham: Hetu (Purpose/cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deha + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थे द्वितीया—क्रियाविशेषणवत् ‘देहस्य अर्थम्/हेतोः’ (for the sake of the body)

• vaiṣṇavam: a Vaiṣṇava (rite/thing)
• vaiṣṇavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• prayacchasi: you give / bestow
• prayacchasi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• anugraham: favor / mitigation
• anugraham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuryām: I would do / I shall grant
• kuryām: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• prasavavadanā: she whose face was (like) childbirth (i.e., in labor)
• prasavavadanā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasava + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: प्रसव- (प्रसवसम्बन्धि) + वदना (face)

• satī: Satī
• satī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम/विशेष्य

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī/Bhagavatī; addressed as Satī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī (Sati) speaks to Śaṅkara with a tender, maternal countenance, requesting a Vaiṣṇava-aligned boon so that a curse may ripen into blessing; the atmosphere is intimate, compassionate, and doctrinally charged.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu (Vaiṣṇava)
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power can transmute adversity: even a śāpa can become an anugraha when aligned with dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting; the verse emphasizes theological reconciliation rather than topography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A “Vaiṣṇava” grant/boon is requested in connection with bodily welfare; specifics are not detailed in this line alone.