Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

परं तथापि देवेन्द्र करिष्यामि हितं तव

Transliteration

paraṃ tathāpi devendra kariṣyāmi hitaṃ tava

Translation

എങ്കിലും, ഹേ ദേവേന്ദ്രാ, നിന്റെ ഹിതത്തിനായി ഞാൻ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതു ചെയ്യും।

Word by Word

• परम्: however, but
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (adversative: however/but)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle; even/also)

• देवेन्द्र: O lord of the gods (Indra)
• देवेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• हितम्: benefit, welfare
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक; √धा with नि- prefix in sense 'placed/beneficial')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devendra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu offers reassurance to Devendra (Indra), promising to act for his welfare; the moment is intimate—divine protector pledging support before directing a journey.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Indra (Devendra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s compassion responds to devotion: even when a problem seems bound by prior boons, divine wisdom finds a beneficial path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; this is a reassurance within the Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it states the granting of help as a result of Indra’s meritorious observance.