Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथा स्यात्परमं रूपं तारुण्यं त्वत्प्रसादतः । यथास्य जायते सौख्यं तापसस्यापि मे पितुः

Transliteration

tathā syātparamaṃ rūpaṃ tāruṇyaṃ tvatprasādataḥ | yathāsya jāyate saukhyaṃ tāpasasyāpi me pituḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ എനിക്കും പരമ സൗന്ദര്യവും യൗവനവും ലഭിക്കട്ടെ; അതിനാൽ തപസ്വിയായ എന്റെ പിതാവിനും സന്തോഷം ഉദിക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्)

• स्यात्: may there be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• परमम्: excellent
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम्; ‘supreme’

• रूपम्: beauty; form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तारुण्यम्: youthfulness
• तारुण्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचनम्; ‘-तः’ प्रत्ययेन अपादानार्थः; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचनम्; ‘of him/this (person)’

• जायते: arises; is born
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• तापसस्य: of the ascetic
• तापसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि=also/even)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Karṇotpalā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee expands her request: not only a beautiful husband, but also her own youth and beauty, explicitly for her ascetic father’s happiness.

Characters & Entities

• Karṇotpalā
• Devī
• father (tāpasa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee’s prayer can be compassionate and family-centered, seeking welfare for elders alongside personal blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is implied as the setting of Devī’s boon; the bathing-place (jalāśaya) is specified in the following instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it extends the requested boons (beauty, youth, and familial happiness).