Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

शिवदीक्षाप्रमाणेन प्रसादं कुरु मे प्रभो । शुश्रूषां येन ते नित्यं प्रकरोमि समाहितः

Transliteration

śivadīkṣāpramāṇena prasādaṃ kuru me prabho | śuśrūṣāṃ yena te nityaṃ prakaromi samāhitaḥ

Translation

О Господь, окажи мне милость согласно правилам посвящения Шивы, чтобы я, сосредоточившись, мог всегда служить тебе.

Word by Word

• śivadīkṣāpramāṇena: according to the rule/measure of Śiva-initiation
• śivadīkṣāpramāṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'śiva-dīkṣāyāḥ pramāṇena'

• prasādam: grace; favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kuru: do; bestow
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative Singular) एन्क्लिटिक; अत्र चतुर्थी (to me)

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śuśrūṣām: service; attendance
• śuśrūṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuśrūṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yena: by which (so that)
• yena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative Singular) एन्क्लिटिक; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• prakaromi: I perform
• prakaromi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• samāhitaḥ: composed; attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Duḥśīla (petitioning the ascetic/teacher for Śivadīkṣā and permission to serve)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trisaṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant devotee with folded hands requests Śiva-initiation ‘according to rule’, while a serene ascetic-guru sits near a riverside hermitage at a tīrtha; the atmosphere is quiet, disciplined, and devotional.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Duḥśīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Initiation is sought not for status but for disciplined, continual service; grace and right procedure (pramāṇa) go together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting, the emphasis here is on dīkṣā and sevā rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivadīkṣā is requested explicitly, to be given according to its proper authorized method, implying formal initiation with vows and discipline.