Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मदर्थे प्रेषितो भर्त्ता तया देव्याऽतिसुन्दरः । पुष्प चापः स्वयं प्राप्तः सोऽपि तात तवांतिकम्

Transliteration

madarthe preṣito bharttā tayā devyā'tisundaraḥ | puṣpa cāpaḥ svayaṃ prāptaḥ so'pi tāta tavāṃtikam

Translation

เพื่อข้าพเจ้า เทวีได้ส่งองค์ผู้เป็นนายอันงดงามยิ่งนั้นมา และปุษปจาปะ (กามะ) ผู้มีคันศรดอกไม้ ก็ได้มาด้วยตนเองแล้ว โอ้บิดา มายังที่ประทับของท่าน

Word by Word

• मदर्थे: for my sake
• मदर्थे: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम अर्थे = for my sake); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative used for purpose)

• प्रेषितः: sent
• प्रेषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√इष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle: sent); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (agreeing with ‘भर्ता’)

• भर्ता: the husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा विभक्ति (husband/lord)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया विभक्ति (by her)

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया विभक्ति (by the goddess)

• अतिसुन्दरः: very beautiful
• अतिसुन्दरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा विभक्ति; अतिशयार्थक-पूर्वपद (very beautiful)

• पुष्पचापः: Puṣpabow (Kāma)
• पुष्पचापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + चाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (पुष्पाणां चापः = flower-bow; epithet of Kāma); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा विभक्ति

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः (adverb: himself)

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle: arrived); पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (predicative)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा विभक्ति (he)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Prayojaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: also/even)

• तात: dear father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन (vocative)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive: your)

• अन्तिकम्: near (to your presence)
• अन्तिकम्: Gati/Karman (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया विभक्ति (to the vicinity/near you)

Speaker

The daughter (continuing her request)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The heroine informs her father that an exceedingly beautiful lord has been sent by the Goddess for her sake; Kāma, the flower-bow bearer, has arrived at the father’s side.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Gaurī/Pārvatī)
• Puṣpacāpa (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is portrayed as actively arranging auspicious outcomes when devotion is sincere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification that culminates in the naming/fame of a local jalāśaya; this verse is part of the causal narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it emphasizes Devī’s sending of a divine agent (Kāma) as narrative confirmation of a boon.