Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

नारदेन पुरा देव कोपेन च तथा मुदा । तस्या देव वरो दत्तो मया तुष्टेन सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

nāradena purā deva kopena ca tathā mudā | tasyā deva varo datto mayā tuṣṭena sāṃpratam

Translation

О Дэва, некогда — по посредничеству Нарады, среди гнева и радости — я, будучи доволен, ныне даровал ей божественный дар-вару.

Word by Word

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देव: O god/lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• कोपेन: with anger
• कोपेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तस्याः: to her / of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• देव: O god/lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), (वरः इति) विशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तुष्टेन: (when) satisfied
• तुष्टेन: Hetu/State (Cause/condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, (मया इति) विशेषण

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet (deduced: Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (speaker) addresses another ‘Deva’, recalling Nārada’s role; Nārada appears between them, holding vīṇā, as the moment of granting a boon is shown with a gesture of blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (vara) arises when the deity is pleased; even complex events involving anger and joy can culminate in auspicious blessing within dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (chapter 188), but this single line does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates the conferral of a boon rather than prescribing snāna, dāna, or japa.