Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं नो यथा पूर्वं सुरेश्वर । तथापि दुःस्थताभाजस्तर्पयिष्यंति नोऽधुना

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ no yathā pūrvaṃ sureśvara | tathāpi duḥsthatābhājastarpayiṣyaṃti no'dhunā

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าแต่สุเรศวร โปรดประทานพระกรุณาแก่เราดุจดังแต่ก่อน เพื่อให้แม้ผู้ถูกความยากจนกดทับ ก็ยังสามารถบำรุงเราได้ด้วยเครื่องบูชาในบัดนี้

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इत्यस्य प्रयोगः हेतौ/तस्मात्=therefore), सर्वनाम-आधारित अव्यय

• कुरु: do / grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनबहुवचनयोः अव्यक्तरूपम् (Genitive/Dative enclitic)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, before
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रयोगः अव्ययवत्)

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

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक; ‘nevertheless’)

• दुःस्थता-भाजः: those who share in misery / the distressed
• दुःस्थता-भाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःस्थता (प्रातिपदिक) + भाज् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘भाज्’ from √भज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (दुःस्थतां भजन्ति ये)

• तर्पयिष्यन्ति: will satisfy (offer satisfaction to)
• तर्पयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) [णिच् causative: तर्पय-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/षष्ठी-बहुवचनयोः अव्यक्तरूपम् (Accusative/Genitive enclitic)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

Speaker

Pitṛs, petitioning Brahmā (as sureśvara in this context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Sureśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pitṛs, hands raised in supplication, request Brahmā’s grace; behind them, symbolic figures of impoverished humans appear, suggesting inclusivity of the remedy.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Brahmā
• Tarpaṇa
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not meant to be impossible—divine grace and simplified observance ensure even the poor can uphold Pitṛ-duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in the excerpt; the emphasis is on the dharmic mechanism enabling Pitṛ-satisfaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse asks for a grace-based provision so that even impoverished people can perform tarpaṇa/śrāddha.