Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पुत्रि तुष्टास्मि भद्रं ते स्तोत्रेणानेन चानघे । वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव दास्यामि वांछितम्

Transliteration

putri tuṣṭāsmi bhadraṃ te stotreṇānena cānaghe | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tava dāsyāmi vāṃchitam

Translation

“മകളേ, ഈ സ്തോത്രംകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ തൃപ്തയായിരിക്കുന്നു; നിനക്ക് മംഗളം വരട്ടെ, ഹേ നിർമലേ. വരം ചോദിക്കൂ; നിനക്ക് മംഗളം വരട്ടെ—നീ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതു ഞാൻ നൽകും।”

Word by Word

• पुत्रि: O daughter
• पुत्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Predicate complement
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pleased’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Discourse/benediction
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage)

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; here dative/genitive sense ‘for you/to you’

• स्तोत्रेण: by/with (a) hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sinless)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वरय: choose
• वरय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातुः—वृ (वरणे)

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Discourse/benediction
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘to/for you’

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वाञ्छितम्: desired (thing)
• वाञ्छितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक; from वाञ्छ् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (desired)

Speaker

Devī (the Goddess, newly manifest)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara Devī-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The manifested Goddess, radiant and compassionate, addresses the ascetic woman as ‘daughter,’ offering a boon; the devotee stands with folded hands, eyes lowered in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• tapasvinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti expressed through hymn and purity of intent draws the Goddess’s pleasure and boon-bestowal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the Goddess becomes pratyakṣa and offers boons (Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/praise by a specific stotra is presented as the cause for receiving a desired boon.