Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । यदि देव प्रसन्नस्त्वमस्माकं च सुरेश्वर । पश्चिमश्चित्रशर्मा च यथाद्यो भवता कृतः

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | yadi deva prasannastvamasmākaṃ ca sureśvara | paścimaścitraśarmā ca yathādyo bhavatā kṛtaḥ

Translation

Брахманы сказали: «О Дэва, если Ты благоволишь к нам, о Владыка богов, то сделай и нас подобными прежнему, как Ты сотворил Читрашармана».

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Speech verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (if)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (M), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रसन्नः: pleased; gracious
• प्रसन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of tvam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen/6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सुरेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (M), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘सुराणाम् ईश्वरः’

• पश्चिमः: Paścima (a person named)
• पश्चिमः: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन; (नामरूपेण)

• चित्रशर्मा: Citraśarman (a person named)
• चित्रशर्मा: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र + शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (नाम); पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as; just as)

• अद्यः: today; now; at present
• अद्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of kṛtaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (here: ‘today/now’ sense as ‘present’)

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karaṇa (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instr/3rd), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम

• कृतः: made; done
• कृतः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (group of dvijas in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas speak in unison to Śiva, requesting to be made like Citraśarman; a faint vignette/secondary panel shows Citraśarman’s earlier blessing as a narrative echo.

Characters & Entities

• Citraśarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous seekers ask not for worldly power but for a dharmic standing that supports ritual welfare and sacred continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is made within the chapter’s kṣetra setting, but this verse alone does not specify the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The request anticipates śrāddha-related privilege/efficacy, but no procedural details are given in this verse.