Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

वदस्व येन तत्कृत्स्नं प्रकरोमि महामते

Transliteration

vadasva yena tatkṛtsnaṃ prakaromi mahāmate

Translation

హే మహామతీ, ఏ ఉపాయంతో నేను ఆ తపస్సును సంపూర్ణంగా ఆచరించగలనో చెప్పండి.

Word by Word

• वदस्व: speak/tell
• वदस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘कृत्स्नम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृत्स्नम्: the whole (thing)
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रकरोमि: I perform/do
• प्रकरोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇī (continuing her request)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhartṛyajña

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The petitioner intensifies the request: ‘Tell the means by which I may accomplish the austerity fully,’ highlighting earnestness and discipline.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincerity seeks completeness: spiritual practice should be learned and executed in a full, methodical, dharmic way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this line; it functions as part of a tīrtha-māhātmya conversation on practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is an appeal for the correct procedure that is then enumerated later.