Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच ते पुत्रि तुष्टाहं वांछितं वद । येन यच्छाम्यसंदिग्धं यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca te putri tuṣṭāhaṃ vāṃchitaṃ vada | yena yacchāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

แล้วพระเทวีตรัสแก่นางว่า “ดูลูกเอ๋ย เราพอใจแล้ว—จงบอกสิ่งที่เจ้าปรารถนา ด้วยคำขอนั้นเราจักประทานให้โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย แม้จะเป็นสิ่งที่ได้มายากยิ่งก็ตาม”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• provāca: said, spoke forth
• provāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• putri: O daughter
• putri: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• vāṃchitam: the desired (boon/thing)
• vāṃchitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṃchita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vada: say, tell
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• yacchāmi: I give, I grant
• yacchāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• asaṃdigdham: without doubt, certainly
• asaṃdigdham: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• yadi: even if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-समुच्चय (conditional particle ‘if/although’)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चय (particle ‘even/also’)

• syāt: might be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• sudurlabham: very difficult to obtain
• sudurlabham: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Devī (Girijā/Gaurī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurīpāda-sthāna (vara-prada context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā addresses Kārṇotpalā affectionately as ‘daughter’, offering a boon; the devotee stands or kneels in humility, hands folded, with the sacred footprint-stone and waterbody nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Girijā/Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to sincere devotion and invites the devotee to articulate a dharmic desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Gaurī-associated tīrtha context continues; the verse highlights the devatā’s readiness to bestow boons at that sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is given; the verse presents the boon-bestowing moment following devotion at the tīrtha.