Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततश्चैकाऽब्रवीत्तासामेषा मुक्तावली मम । इमां देहि न मे वांछा विद्यतेऽन्या नृपप्रिये

Transliteration

tataścaikā'bravīttāsāmeṣā muktāvalī mama | imāṃ dehi na me vāṃchā vidyate'nyā nṛpapriye

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവരിൽ ഒരാൾ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഈ മുത്തുമാല എന്റേതാണ്; ഇത് എനിക്ക് തരിക. ഹേ രാജപ്രിയേ, എനിക്ക് മറ്റൊന്നും ആഗ്രഹമില്ല।”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘then/thereupon’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ekā: one (of them)
• ekā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• eṣā: this
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• muktāvalī: a pearl-necklace/garland of pearls
• muktāvalī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muktā + āvalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: is mine
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• imām: this (one)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-एकवचन (enclitic) — अत्र षष्ठी ‘मे’ = ‘my’

• vāñchā: desire
• vāñchā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāñchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vidyate: exists
• vidyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु; ‘to be found/exist’—आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• anyā: other
• anyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘vāñchā’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• nṛpa-priye: O beloved of the king
• nṛpa-priye: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

One of the tāpasyaḥ (ascetic women) (explicit within verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Among the tapasvinīs, one steps forward and calmly asks for a pearl-necklace, addressing Damayantī respectfully as the king’s beloved.

Characters & Entities

• tāpasyaḥ
• muktāvalī (pearl necklace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in sacred settings, desire can arise; the narrative sets up a lesson on restraint and the right spirit of receiving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it functions as part of the wider Tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse depicts a request for a specific gift (muktāvalī) within a dāna context.