Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तव प्रसादेन राजसूयो भवेन्मखः । अविघ्नः सिद्धिमायातु मम नान्यद्वृणोम्यहम्

Transliteration

tasmāttava prasādena rājasūyo bhavenmakhaḥ | avighnaḥ siddhimāyātu mama nānyadvṛṇomyaham

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ രാജസൂയ യാഗം സിദ്ധിക്കട്ടെ. അത് അവിഘ്നമായി വിജയത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ; എനിക്ക് മറ്റൊന്നും വേണ്ട.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ; ‘therefore/from that (reason)’

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person)

• प्रसादेन: by (your) grace/favor
• प्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-प्रयोग

• राजसूयः: the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• राजसूयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवेत्: may become; may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मखः: a sacrifice
• मखः: Pratipādya (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘यज्ञ’ पर्याय

• अविघ्नः: without obstacles
• अविघ्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (निर्विघ्न)

• सिद्धिम्: success; accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आयातु: let (it) come; may it arrive
• आयातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या + आ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (1st person)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-निपात)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वृणोमि: I choose; I ask for
• वृणोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; वृणोति)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Harīścandra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (audience of Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king with folded hands petitions Śiva for the flawless completion of a Rājasūya; the deity’s presence is luminous, granting assurance.

Characters & Entities

• Harīścandra
• Śiva
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest request is dharmic accomplishment without hindrance; divine grace is sought not for indulgence but for righteous completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue context; the site-name is not stated in this verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance and successful completion (siddhi) of the Rājasūya yajña, prayed to be avighna (free of obstacles).