Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच ताः सर्वाः प्रसादः क्रियतामिति । इमानि भूषणार्थाय भूषणानि प्रगृह्यताम्

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca tāḥ sarvāḥ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti | imāni bhūṣaṇārthāya bhūṣaṇāni pragṛhyatām

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവൾ എല്ലാവരോടും പറഞ്ഞു—“പ്രസന്നരാകുവിൻ. ഇവ അലങ്കാരാർത്ഥമുള്ള ആഭരണങ്ങളാണ്; ദയവായി സ്വീകരിക്കുവിൻ।”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• provāca: said/spoke
• provāca: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tāḥ: them
• tāḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier of tāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश विशेषण

• prasādaḥ: favor/grace
• prasādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be done / please do
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative)

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker (उक्ति-समाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• imāni: these
• imāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhūṣaṇa-arthāya: for ornamentation
• bhūṣaṇa-arthāya: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient-like dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘भूषणस्य अर्थः’ → ‘भूषणार्थ’ = for the purpose of ornamentation

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• pragṛhyatām: let (them) be accepted/taken
• pragṛhyatām: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; the lady speaking within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The lady stands before the four ascetic women, hands extended with ornaments, her face earnest; the ascetics remain composed, embodying detachment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility in giving—requesting ‘prasāda’ (grace) rather than demanding acceptance—reflects dharmic etiquette.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse does not specify a named tīrtha; it functions as part of a tīrtha-māhātmya episode in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dāna-like act is implied: offering ornaments as a gift, framed as a request for the recipients’ blessing/grace.