Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नान्यथा मम चित्तं त्वां विश्वासमनुगच्छति । तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवांस्तुष्टस्तथेति प्रत्युवाच ताम्

Transliteration

nānyathā mama cittaṃ tvāṃ viśvāsamanugacchati | tacchrutvā bhagavāṃstuṣṭastatheti pratyuvāca tām

Translation

ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ನನ್ನ ಚಿತ್ತವು ನಿನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟನಾಗಿ ಅವಳಿಗೆ ‘ತಥಾಸ್ತು’ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• cittam: mind
• cittam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• viśvāsam: trust
• viśvāsam: Karman (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/उपपद—‘विश्वासम् (as trust)’

• anugacchati: follows / goes after
• anugacchati: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object of śrutvā/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that (speech/statement)’

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) → śrutvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having heard’

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pleased’

• tathā: so / thus
• tathā: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• iti: saying
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक निपात (quotative particle)

• pratyuvāca: replied
• pratyuvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tām: to her
• tām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (with Śiva’s reply quoted)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī declares that only this condition can win her trust; Śiva, pleased, answers simply ‘tathāstu,’ a decisive, luminous moment of consent.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion seeks assurance rooted in dharma; divine consent (‘tathā’) seals the fruit of sincere intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is embedded in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse is primarily dialogical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it records acceptance of conditions connected to vow-keeping in the surrounding passage.