Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

वृक उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव यदि देयो वरो मम । पाददानं तदा देव मम ब्रह्मन्समाचर । पंगुता याति शीघ्रं मे येनेयं ते प्रसादतः

Transliteration

vṛka uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama | pādadānaṃ tadā deva mama brahmansamācara | paṃgutā yāti śīghraṃ me yeneyaṃ te prasādataḥ

Translation

วฤกะทูลว่า “ข้าแต่เทพ หากพระองค์พอพระทัยในข้าพเจ้า และจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพเจ้าแล้วไซร้ ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าแต่พรหมัน โปรดประทาน ‘ทานแห่งเท้า’ แก่ข้าพเจ้า ให้เท้าข้าพเจ้าสมบูรณ์ เพื่อความพิการจะได้หายไปโดยเร็วด้วยพระกรุณา”

Word by Word

• वृकः: Vṛka
• वृकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Predicate (विशेष्य-विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• देयः: to be given / grantable
• देयः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; दा धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कृदन्त/कर्तव्यतार्थक (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पाददानम्: the giving of (your) foot
• पाददानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (पादस्य दानम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (Brahmā)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाचर: perform / do
• समाचर: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पङ्गुता: lameness
• पङ्गुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्गुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes away / departs
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रसादतः: from (your) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of)

Speaker

Vṛka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛka, visibly lame, pleads with folded hands before Brahmā; emphasis on feet—either bound, weakened, or supported—contrasted with Brahmā’s compassionate gaze and varada gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛka
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is sought not merely for power but for restoration—healing and wholeness are framed as divine gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it belongs to the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A boon framed as 'pāda-dāna' (granting/restoring feet) is requested; it is not a standard public ritual here but a divine act of bestowal.