Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्रगृह्यतां वरोऽस्माकं यः सदा वर्तते हृदि । प्रदास्यामि न संदेहो नादेयं विद्यते मम

Transliteration

pragṛhyatāṃ varo'smākaṃ yaḥ sadā vartate hṛdi | pradāsyāmi na saṃdeho nādeyaṃ vidyate mama

Translation

ຈົ່ງຮັບພອນທີ່ສະຖິດຢູ່ໃນໃຈຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເພື່ອເຈົ້າຕະຫຼອດໄປ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະປະທານໃຫ້ ບໍ່ມີຄວາມສົງໄສ; ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະປະຕິເສດ.

Word by Word

• प्रगृह्यताम्: let (it) be accepted
• प्रगृह्यताम्: Kriyā (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/आज्ञार्थ (let it be accepted)

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Grammatical subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (of us)

• यः: which/that (boon)
• यः: Sambandha (Relative link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun referring to ‘varaḥ’)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• वर्तते: exists/remains
• वर्तते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• हृदि: in (the) heart
• हृदि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: no/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (not/no)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (not)

• आदेयम्: (anything) to be refused/withheld
• आदेयम्: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + दा (धातु) + णीयत् (कृदन्त) आदेय
• Form: णीयत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be taken/acceptable’); प्रथमा, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विधेय (predicate)

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) (अस्त्यर्थे)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; अस्त्यर्थ (exists)

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (of me)

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, still humble, offers a boon from his heart to the brāhmaṇas, declaring he will grant it without doubt and will refuse nothing—gesture of open palm or offering posture.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vālakhilya sages (implied recipients)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reconciliation open the way for divine grace, expressed as a boon granted without reservation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter glorifies a sacred kuṇḍa and liṅga; this verse is part of the narrative bridge leading to the site’s promised fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a narrative moment of boon-offering (vara-pradāna).