Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे येन मे राज्यसंस्थितिः । भूयोऽपि त्वत्प्रसादेन नान्या मे विद्यते गतिः

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yena me rājyasaṃsthitiḥ | bhūyo'pi tvatprasādena nānyā me vidyate gatiḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้นโปรดประทานพระกรุณาแก่ข้าพเจ้า เพื่อให้ราชสมบัติของข้าพเจ้าตั้งมั่นมั่นคง แม้ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า ก็ด้วยพระเมตตาของท่านเท่านั้น—ข้าพเจ้าไม่มีที่พึ่งหรือหนทางอื่น

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do/grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (enclitic)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental relative)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राज्यसंस्थितिः: restoration/establishment of the kingdom
• राज्यसंस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य+संस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्यस्य संस्थितिः)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्+प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-प्रसादः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अन्या: another (any other)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: for me/of mine
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (√विद् धातु; आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• गतिः: refuge/way
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

The King (listener/supplicant in the Vasiṣṭha dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king intensifies his plea—hands raised in añjali, eyes moist—before the composed sage, emphasizing 'no other refuge' through a stark, uncluttered composition.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha (implied)
• King (rājā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True security—worldly or spiritual—rests on divine grace (prasāda), not merely on personal power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse prepares the request that leads into the glorification of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified here; it is a prayerful appeal for prasāda preceding later instructions on installation and worship.