Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वरय भद्रं ते प्रार्थयस्व यथेप्सितम् । अवश्यं तव दास्यामो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te prārthayasva yathepsitam | avaśyaṃ tava dāsyāmo yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น จงเลือกพรเถิด—ขอความเป็นมงคลจงมีแก่ท่าน จงทูลขอสิ่งที่ปรารถนา; แม้จะยากยิ่งนัก เราก็จักประทานให้แก่ท่านโดยแน่นอน

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• वरय: choose (a boon)
• वरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भद्रम्: good fortune; auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे कर्मवत् प्रयोग

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative); अत्र आशीर्वादे चतुर्थी-प्रायः ‘to you’

• प्रार्थयस्व: request; ask for
• प्रार्थयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यथा: as; according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमा (as/according as)

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स् भाव)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त/निष्पन्न विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘इष्टम्/वाञ्छितम्’

• अवश्यम्: certainly
• अवश्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (certainly)

• तव: of you; to you (your)
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दास्यामः: we shall give
• दास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Concession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-समुच्चय/अपेक्षा (even/although)

• स्यात्: may be; should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग) + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Devas (implied from 101; direct speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of devas addresses the devotee with open palms in vara-mudrā, promising fulfillment of even rare desires; the devotee stands poised to choose.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to sincere merit: when devas are pleased, they invite the devotee to articulate a dharmic desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative context but does not identify the site by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the focus is on the boon-offering moment.