Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्माच्च चरुकं मह्यं त्वं गृहाण शुचिस्मिते । आत्मीयं मम यच्छस्व वृक्षाभ्यां च विपर्ययः । क्रियतां च महाभागे येन मे स्यात्सुतोत्तमः

Transliteration

tasmācca carukaṃ mahyaṃ tvaṃ gṛhāṇa śucismite | ātmīyaṃ mama yacchasva vṛkṣābhyāṃ ca viparyayaḥ | kriyatāṃ ca mahābhāge yena me syātsutottamaḥ

Translation

Portanto, ó senhora de sorriso puro, toma este caru por minha causa. Dá-me o que é teu, e que se faça a necessária inversão/troca entre as duas árvores. Ó muito afortunada, que se cumpra para que eu obtenha um filho excelente.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• carukam: caru (oblation)
• carukam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caruka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mahyam: to me
• mahyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• gṛhāṇa: take, accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• śuci-smite: O pure-smiling one
• śuci-smite: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक) + smita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘pure’ + ‘smiling’)

• ātmīyam: one’s own, belonging to oneself
• ātmīyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātmīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with implied वस्तु)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yacchasva: give, hand over
• yacchasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; (यच्छस्व = यच्छ + स्व)

• vṛkṣābhyām: by/with the two trees
• vṛkṣābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), द्विवचन

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

• viparyayaḥ: reversal, exchange
• viparyayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viparyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be done’

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

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate lady
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• yena: by which, so that
• yena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (‘by which/so that’)

• me: for me, my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); here षष्ठी (Genitive) with sutaḥ: ‘for me/of me’

• syāt: may be, might become
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• suta-uttamaḥ: an excellent son
• suta-uttamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘son’ + ‘best’)

Speaker

A male figure petitioning a woman (not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: sacred grove/tree-pair (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother asks the daughter to accept the caru on her behalf and to give what is hers; a ritual ‘reversal/exchange’ is to be performed involving two trees, aiming at the birth of an excellent son.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desires such as progeny are sought through dharmic, rule-bound ritual rather than mere impulse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Acceptance of a caru oblation and performing a viparyaya (reversal/exchange) connected with two trees, aimed at obtaining a worthy son.