Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यदि यच्छसि मे देवि वरं तुष्टा सुरेश्वरि । तदहं मानुषे गर्भे मा भूयासं कथंचन

Transliteration

yadi yacchasi me devi varaṃ tuṣṭā sureśvari | tadahaṃ mānuṣe garbhe mā bhūyāsaṃ kathaṃcana

Translation

“หากพระแม่เจ้า โอ้สุเรศวรี โปรดปรานจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพเจ้า ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าอย่าได้กลับไปปฏิสนธิในครรภ์มนุษย์อีกเลย ไม่ว่าโดยประการใด”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (conditional particle)

• यच्छसि: you grant/give
• यच्छसि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Visheshana (Qualifier of देवी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विशेषणरूपे

• सुरेश्वरि: O ruler of the gods
• सुरेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘सुराणाम् ईश्वरि’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तत्: then/thereupon
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तद्-शब्दस्य अव्ययीभावे ‘तदा/तत्’ (then/thereupon)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मानुषे: human
• मानुषे: Visheshana (Qualifier of गर्भे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (यहाँ नपुंसक-प्रयोगः), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of गर्भे)

• गर्भे: in a womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• भूयासम्: may I become/be (again)
• भूयासम्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘मा’ सह निषेध-विधिलिङ्

• कथंचन: in any way; ever
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/निषेध-प्रबलक (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Narrator-devotee (female votary)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Surēśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, hands folded, asks the Goddess for the boon of never entering a human womb again; the Goddess listens with compassionate stillness; the atmosphere is contemplative rather than celebratory.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest aspiration of devotion may culminate in freedom from rebirth rather than worldly gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is made in the sanctified narrative setting tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and its Devī worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed; the verse records a mokṣa-oriented boon request arising from prior worship.