Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे भक्तस्य विनतस्य च । शापस्यानुग्रहेणैव शीघ्रं ब्राह्मणसत्तम

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me bhaktasya vinatasya ca | śāpasyānugraheṇaiva śīghraṃ brāhmaṇasattama

Translation

ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਸੱਤਮ! ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਵੋ—ਮੈਂ ਭਕਤ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਮਰ ਅਰਜ਼ਦਾਰ ਹਾਂ—ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਾਲ ਇਸ ਸ਼ਾਪ ਨੂੰ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਕਰੋ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत/निपातवत् पञ्चमी-रूपम्: 'therefore, from that reason'

• कुरु: do, grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) / चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; enclitic; here = dative sense 'to me'

• भक्तस्य: of (me) devoted
• भक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'devoted' (as qualifier of मे)

• विनतस्य: of (me) humble
• विनतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'bowed down, humble'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अनुग्रहेण: by favor, by grace
• अनुग्रहेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle): 'indeed, only'

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (अव्यय-प्राय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'quickly'

• ब्राह्मणसत्तम: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa + sattama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ब्राह्मणः सत्तमः (best of Brahmins)

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king bows even lower, forehead near the ground, hands clasped; the sage stands or sits with a raised hand—half admonition, half blessing—signaling the possibility of mercy.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Rājā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and surrender to spiritual authority invite grace; even severe outcomes can be moderated by anugraha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting, but this verse itself emphasizes the interpersonal dharma of seeking mercy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the act is supplication for mitigation of a śāpa (curse).