Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एवं कृते सुरश्रेष्ठ सफलः स्यात्क्रतुस्तव । प्रतिज्ञा च तथा सत्या तस्माद्दानाय निर्मिता

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte suraśreṣṭha saphalaḥ syātkratustava | pratijñā ca tathā satyā tasmāddānāya nirmitā

Translation

«Если так будет сделано, о лучший среди богов, твоё жертвоприношение станет плодотворным; и твой обет также окажется истинным. Потому этот дар приготовлен для подношения».

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• kṛte: when (it is) done
• kṛte: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular neuter/masc. used as locative absolute sense ‘when done’

• suraśreṣṭha: O best of gods
• suraśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura+śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सुराणां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative singular

• saphalaḥ: fruitful/successful
• saphalaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa+phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/उपपद-समासार्थ ‘फलयुक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• syāt: would be/may become
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• kratuḥ: sacrifice/rite
• kratuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• tava: your
• tava: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive singular

• pratijñā: promise/vow
• pratijñā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prati+jñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

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

• tathā: likewise/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/thus)

• satyā: true
• satyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular feminine (agreeing with प्रतिज्ञा)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative singular

• dānāya: for giving/for donation
• dānāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative singular (purpose)

• nirmitā: made/constructed
• nirmitā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir+√mā (मा) / √mā (निर्मा)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular feminine (agreeing with प्रतिज्ञा)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (continuing ritual dialogue)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suraśreṣṭha / deva (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn offering is prepared and presented so that a divine vow becomes true and the sacrifice attains fruition; the atmosphere is decisive and auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Suraśreṣṭha
• Kratu (Yajña)
• Pratijñā
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual success is inseparable from ethical completion: keeping one’s vow and giving dāna makes the sacrifice truly fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on yajña and dāna; the tīrtha context is implicit but not named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare and offer dāna/dakṣiṇā so the kratu (sacrifice) becomes saphala (successful) and the vow becomes true.