Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

फलवत्युवाच । यदि देव प्रसन्नो मे तथान्यमपि सद्वरम्

Transliteration

phalavatyuvāca | yadi deva prasanno me tathānyamapi sadvaram

Translation

फलवती म्हणाली— हे देव! आपण माझ्यावर प्रसन्न असाल, तर मला आणखी एक उत्तम वरही द्या।

Word by Word

• phalavatī: Phalavatī
• phalavatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phalavatī (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्तृ (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• deva: O god/lord
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• prasannaḥ: pleased/gracious
• prasannaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक; √sad + pra + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to be supplied with ‘tvam’)

• me: to me/for me
• me: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम् (enclitic ‘me’); अत्र ‘to me/for me’ (चतुर्थी)

• tathā: then/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: तद्वत्-अर्थक-अव्यय (thus/then)

• anyam: another
• anyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘sadvaram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-निपात (also)

• sadvaram: a noble/excellent boon
• sadvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + vara (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सत् वरम् = excellent boon)

Speaker

Phalavatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Phalavatī, hands folded, stands before a radiant lord in a temple hall, requesting an additional boon; the atmosphere is reverent and intimate.

Characters & Entities

• Phalavatī
• Deva (the Lord, contextually Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional approach (prasāda—divine pleasure) is shown as the gateway to receiving boons, a common Purāṇic teaching on grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya flow in Adhyāya 144, but does not itself specify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a request for an additional boon.