Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

प्रसीद पाहि मां भक्त्या सम्यक्सर्गे नियोजय । प्रियो ह्यसि प्रियाहं ते यथा स्यां तत्तथा कुरु

Transliteration

prasīda pāhi māṃ bhaktyā samyaksarge niyojaya | priyo hyasi priyāhaṃ te yathā syāṃ tattathā kuru

Translation

โปรดเมตตาเถิด; ขอทรงคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้าด้วยภักติ และทรงแต่งตั้งข้าพเจ้าให้เหมาะสมในระเบียบแห่งการสร้างสรรค์ เพราะพระองค์เป็นที่รักของข้าพเจ้า และข้าพเจ้าก็เป็นที่รักของพระองค์—ขอทรงจัดให้ข้าพเจ้าเป็นดังที่ควรเป็น

Word by Word

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• सर्गे: in creation / in the world-order
• सर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नियोजय: appoint, engage (me)
• नियोजय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + युज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: नियोजय = cause to be engaged)

• प्रियः: dear
• प्रियः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/अस्ति-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रिया: dear
• प्रिया: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (अहम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: to you / of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/उपमानार्थक (as, so that)

• स्याम्: may I be
• स्याम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्: then/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; निर्देशार्थक (correlative: then/that)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus, in that way)

• कुरु: do, make (it so)
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī (Lakṣmī/Śrī-devī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārāyaṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmī petitions Nārāyaṇa for protection and rightful cosmic appointment; behind them, symbolic tiers of creation (lotus, worlds) indicate ‘sarga’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion invites grace, and grace places the devotee in a harmonious role aligned with dharma and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a site-specific verse; it is part of the dialogue that frames the later glorification of Nārāyaṇagiri in the Revā-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the emphasis is on bhakti and seeking divine appointment (niyoga) in a righteous way.