Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

एतेषामेव सर्वेषां प्रसादात्तव पद्मज

Transliteration

eteṣāmeva sarveṣāṃ prasādāttava padmaja

Translation

“ข้าแต่ปัทมชะ (พรหมา) ความโปรดปรานและพระกรุณาต่อชนทั้งปวงนี้ ย่อมมีได้ด้วยพระอนุเคราะห์ของพระองค์เท่านั้น”

Word by Word

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (only/indeed)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश

• prasādāt: from (the) grace/favor
• prasādāt: Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• padmaja: O Lotus-born (Brahmā)
• padmaja: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (ब्रह्मणः संबोधनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing Padmaja = Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Padmaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, luminous moment of acknowledgment: the speaker gestures toward Brahmā (Padmaja), indicating that all reconciliation and favor depend on his grace; the assembly’s posture softens into reverent stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Padmaja (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) is presented as the decisive force that brings welfare and resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this half-verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it acknowledges Brahmā’s enabling grace within the ritual narrative.