Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सुरथ उवाच । शत्रुभिर्मे हृतं राज्यं त्वत्प्रसादात्सुरेश्वर । तन्मे भवतु भूयोऽपि शत्रुभिः परिवर्ज्जितम्

Transliteration

suratha uvāca | śatrubhirme hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tvatprasādātsureśvara | tanme bhavatu bhūyo'pi śatrubhiḥ parivarjjitam

Translation

สุรถะทูลว่า: ข้าแต่จอมเทพ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเทวะทั้งหลาย อาณาจักรของข้าถูกศัตรูยึดไป ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ ขอให้อาณาจักรเดิมนั้นกลับคืนแก่ข้าอีกครั้ง โดยปราศจากการคุกคามของศัตรู

Word by Word

• सुरथः: Suratha
• सुरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शत्रुभिः: by enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Kartr (Agent in passive)/कर्ता (कर्मणि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

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

• हृतम्: taken away
• हृतम्: Kriya-part (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Hetu/Source (Cause/Origin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्-प्रसादः)

• सुरेश्वर: O Lord of gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• तत्: that (kingdom)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• भवतु: may it become / may it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनः/again)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic/also)

• शत्रुभिः: by enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Kartr (Agent in passive)/कर्ता (कर्मणि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• परिवर्जितम्: devoid of / free from
• परिवर्जितम्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-वृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तत्)

Speaker

Suratha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhairava/Hara (addressed as Sureśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Suratha, humbled by defeat, petitions the deity for restoration of his kingdom, specifically asking for freedom from enemy harassment.

Characters & Entities

• Suratha
• Sureśvara (Lord of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous aims, when placed before the deity with humility, are fulfilled through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, continuing a narrative of merit connected to local tīrthas (the specific site is not named in this single verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a direct petition (prārthanā) for protection and restoration.