Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एत त्कुरु प्रसादं मे दीनस्य परियाचतः । माऽस्या भवतु चान्येन पुरुषेण समागमः

Transliteration

eta tkuru prasādaṃ me dīnasya pariyācataḥ | mā'syā bhavatu cānyena puruṣeṇa samāgamaḥ

Translation

ദീനനായി അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്ന എനിക്ക് ഈ പ്രസാദം ചെയ്യുക; അവൾക്ക് മറ്റൊരു പുരുഷനുമായി സംഗമം ഉണ്ടാകരുത്।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन = Neuter Accusative Singular

• kuru: do
• kuru: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Imperative, 2nd person singular

• prasādam: favor/grace
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन = Masculine Accusative Singular

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन = Dative Singular (enclitic)

• dīnasya: of (me) the wretched
• dīnasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (mama implied) = Masculine Genitive Singular adjective

• pariyācataḥ: of (me) who is begging
• pariyācataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive participial qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+√yāc (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Genitive Singular PAP

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle used with imperative/optative)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Feminine Genitive Singular

• bhavatu: let there be
• bhavatu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Imperative, 3rd person singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• anyena: with another
• anyena: Karana (Instrument/association marker/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (puruṣeṇa) = Masculine Instrumental Singular adjective

• puruṣeṇa: man
• puruṣeṇa: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन = Masculine Instrumental Singular

• samāgamaḥ: union/meeting
• samāgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular

Speaker

Takṣaka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhaṭṭikā (boon-giver in context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka, visibly distressed, begs for a protective boon: that his beloved, in human form, not unite with another man.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through rightful petition and the safeguarding of vowed relationships, even amid karmic adversity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara tīrtha is the contextual locus of the surrounding māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on a request for grace and the moral order governing relationships.