Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वृक उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव यदि देयो वरो मम । जरामरणहीनं मां तत्कुरुष्व पितामह

Transliteration

vṛka uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama | jarāmaraṇahīnaṃ māṃ tatkuruṣva pitāmaha

Translation

วฤกะกล่าวว่า: “ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัยในข้าพเจ้า และหากจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพเจ้าแล้วไซร้ ข้าแต่ปิตามหะ โปรดทำให้ข้าพเจ้าพ้นจากชราและมรณะเถิด”

Word by Word

• vṛkaḥ: Vṛka
• vṛkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional particle): ‘if’

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased/satisfied
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘asi’ के साथ विधेय-विशेषण

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• me: of me/my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional particle): ‘if’

• deyaḥ: to be given/grantable
• deyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘varaḥ’ का विशेषण

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject of clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• mama: my/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• jarā-maraṇa-hīnam: free from old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-hīnam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (jarā+maraṇa) पूर्वपद-समाहार + तत्पुरुष: ‘jarāmaraṇayoḥ hīnam’

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; क्रिया-विशेष्य (object-complement)

• kuruṣva: do/make (it)
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; (पाठरूप: ‘kuruṣva’ = ‘kuru’ + ‘sva’ emphatic/pleonastic in some recensions)

• pitāmaha: O Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmaha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vṛka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛka stands in supplication before Brahmā, hands folded, requesting freedom from old age and death; the atmosphere is tense—devotion mixed with ambition.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛka
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power gained through tapas depends on intention; seeking invulnerability can become spiritually perilous when not aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is a boon-request moment within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records a specific boon-request (freedom from old age and death).