Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

त्वं चापि मत्प्रसादेन संपूर्णांगो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tvaṃ cāpi matprasādena saṃpūrṇāṃgo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

และท่านเอง ด้วยพระกรุณาของเรา จักเป็นผู้มีอวัยวะครบถ้วน กายสมบูรณ์บริบูรณ์

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (also)

• मत्प्रसादेन: by my grace
• मत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः—मत् + प्रसाद (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my grace’)

• संपूर्णाङ्गः: whole-limbed, fully intact
• संपूर्णाङ्गः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः—संपूर्ण + अङ्ग (कर्मधारय: ‘having complete limbs’)

• भविष्यसि: you will become/be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu) (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the māhātmya frame (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker promises bodily completeness to a suffering devotee; the moment is intimate—hands raised in blessing, the devotee’s posture shifting from pain to relief.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu)
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) is portrayed as restoring wholeness—outer health reflecting inner merit and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter is within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a declaration of boon (vara) granted by Sūrya.