Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तवापि विनयं दृष्ट्वा परितुष्टा वयं नृप । सर्वान्प्रार्थय तस्मात्त्वं वरं स्वं मनसि स्थितम्

Transliteration

tavāpi vinayaṃ dṛṣṭvā parituṣṭā vayaṃ nṛpa | sarvānprārthaya tasmāttvaṃ varaṃ svaṃ manasi sthitam

Translation

ಹೇ ನೃಪನೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ವಿನಯವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ನಾವು ಸಂತುಷ್ಟರಾಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ವರವನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಬಳಿಯಿಂದ ಬೇಡು.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of you)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय; particle (also/even)

• विनयम्: humility
• विनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (humility)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; gerund (having seen)

• परितुष्टाः: pleased
• परितुष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष् (धातु) → परितुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; PPP used predicatively with वयम् (pleased)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (we)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन; Vocative singular (O king)

• सर्वान्: all (of us)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural (all [persons])

• प्रार्थय: request
• प्रार्थय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative 2nd sg (request/beseech)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (तस्मात् इति); indeclinable in sense 'therefore/for that reason'

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (you)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (boon)

• स्वम्: your own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with वरम् (your own)

• मनसि: in (your) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (in the mind)

• स्थितम्: held (there), fixed
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP agreeing with वरम् (situated/held)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas, pleased, extend a blessing gesture toward the king; the king stands with folded hands, head slightly bowed; the shrines glow in the background, suggesting divine approval mirrored by human custodians.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Bhīṣma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vinaya (humility) draws blessings; dharmic leadership is honored when it bows before sacred responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing tīrtha narrative setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 57; the verse centers on the boon-offer rather than a place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it concerns the social-religious act of requesting a boon connected with the sacred undertaking.