Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो गत्वा तद्दृष्टिगोचरम् । प्रोवाच परितुष्टोऽस्मि वरं वरय दानव

Transliteration

tatastuṣṭo mahādevo gatvā taddṛṣṭigocaram | provāca parituṣṭo'smi varaṃ varaya dānava

Translation

അപ്പോൾ തൃപ്തനായ മഹാദേവൻ അവന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടിഗോചരമായി വന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ പൂർണ്ണമായി പ്രസന്നനാണ്; ഹേ ദാനവാ, വരം ചോദിക്ക.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु) → gatvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• dṛṣṭi-gocaram: the range of (his) sight, visibility
• dṛṣṭi-gocaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dṛṣṭeḥ gocaraḥ = range of sight); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• provāca: said, spoke forth
• provāca: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• parituṣṭaḥ: fully pleased
• parituṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + tuṣ (धातु) → parituṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• varaya: choose (ask for)
• varaya: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (धातु) (वरणे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• dānava: O demon
• dānava: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Śiva’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva manifests before the ascetic—radiant, calm, with trident and crescent moon—speaking words of satisfaction and offering a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Dānava
• boon (vara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere austerity culminates in divine grace—Śiva’s darśana and boon-bestowal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds in the praised setting of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is tapas leading to darśana; no separate rite is specified in this verse.