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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

साऽब्रवीद्यदि मे तुष्टस्त्वं देव शशिशेखर । तत्पुत्रं देहि देवानां सर्वेषां बलवत्तरम् । यज्ञभागप्रभोक्तारं देवानां दर्पनाशनम्

Transliteration

sā'bravīdyadi me tuṣṭastvaṃ deva śaśiśekhara | tatputraṃ dehi devānāṃ sarveṣāṃ balavattaram | yajñabhāgaprabhoktāraṃ devānāṃ darpanāśanam

Translation

Dia berkata: “Jika Engkau berkenan kepadaku, wahai Dewa, wahai Tuhan Berjambul Bulan (Śaśiśekhara), kurniakanlah kepadaku seorang putera—lebih kuat daripada semua dewa—yang akan menuntut bahagian korban yajña dan mematahkan keangkuhan para dewa.”

Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriyā (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
यदिif
यदि:
Adverbial (Condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
मेof me, my
मे:
Sambandha (Relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
तुष्टःpleased
तुष्टः:
Karta (Predicate of त्वम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष् (धातु) + क्त
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
शशि-शेखरO Moon-crested one (Śiva)
शशि-शेखर:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootशशि (प्रातिपदिक) + शेखर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शशिः शेखरः यस्य = moon-crested)
तत्-पुत्रम्that son (i.e., a son)
तत्-पुत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तव पुत्रम् / तस्य पुत्रम्—contextually 'your son')
देहिgive
देहि:
Kriyā (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (Relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of देवानाम्)
बलवत्तरम्stronger, more powerful
बलवत्तरम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तरप् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तुलनात्मक (Comparative) विशेषणम् (qualifier of पुत्रम्)
यज्ञ-भाग-प्रभोक्तारम्the enjoyer of the sacrificial share
यज्ञ-भाग-प्रभोक्तारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र (उपसर्ग) + भुज् (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि-तृन्त (Agent noun/तृ), समासः—तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञभागस्य प्रभोक्ता)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (Relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
दर्प-नाशनम्destroyer of (their) pride
दर्प-नाशनम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्प (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दर्पस्य नाशनम् = destroyer of pride); विशेषणम् (qualifier of पुत्रम्)
Speaker

Diti (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diti, hands folded yet intense, petitions Śiva (Moon-crested) for a mighty son who will seize sacrificial shares and humble the gods; Śiva listens, calm and inscrutable, with crescent moon shining in his hair.

Characters & Entities
D
Diti
Ś
Śiva (Śaśiśekhara)
D
Devas
Y
Yajña (sacrificial shares)

FAQs

Boons sought from the divine can be colored by rivalry; Purāṇic dharma warns that power without humility becomes a cause of further conflict.

Indirectly the kṣetra where Śiva became pleased; the verse itself focuses on the boon-request rather than naming the tīrtha.

Reference is made to yajñabhāga (sacrificial portions), but no specific rite is prescribed—only the desired outcome of ritual entitlement.

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