Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स्तुत्वा नत्वा महेशानमुवाच पुनरेव सा । प्रसादं कुरु देवेश वशगास्मि सदा तव

Transliteration

stutvā natvā maheśānamuvāca punareva sā | prasādaṃ kuru deveśa vaśagāsmi sadā tava

Translation

ครั้นสรรเสริญและกราบนมัสการพระมหีศานแล้ว นางกล่าวอีกว่า “ข้าแต่เทวราชา โปรดประทานพระกรุณาเถิด ข้าพระองค์อยู่ใต้พระบัญชาของพระองค์เสมอ”

Word by Word

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — ‘having praised’

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — ‘having bowed’

• महेशानम्: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of speaking (addressed)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said/spoke’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — ‘indeed/just’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject

• प्रसादम्: grace, favor
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘do/grant’

• कुरु: grant, do
• कुरु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘do/grant’

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — address

• वशगा: submissive, under control
• वशगा: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विशेष्यविशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective (‘submissive’)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘I am’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नित्यत्ववाचक) — ‘always’

• तव: your, of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive ‘of you/your’

Speaker

Unnamed feminine figure (contextual: river/goddess)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haratīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/divine woman stands before Maheśāna, hands folded, having praised and bowed; her speech requests prasāda and declares perpetual obedience.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Deveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility, praise, and surrender to Īśvara are presented as the doorway to prasāda (grace) that sanctifies persons and places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request for grace precedes Śiva’s proclamation that makes the site renowned as Hara-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The devotional acts of stuti (praise) and namaskāra (bowing) are explicitly mentioned.