Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अस्या हरणहेतोश्च महासत्या मुनीश्वर । तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे दीनस्य प्रणतस्य च

Transliteration

asyā haraṇahetośca mahāsatyā munīśvara | tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me dīnasya praṇatasya ca

Translation

ข้าแต่มุนีผู้เป็นใหญ่ ด้วยเหตุเกี่ยวเนื่องกับการพานางไป—และเพราะนางเป็นผู้สัตย์จริงยิ่ง—ขอท่านโปรดเมตตาข้าพเจ้าผู้ยากไร้และก้มกราบนี้เถิด

Word by Word

• asyāḥ: of this (woman)
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• haraṇahetoḥ: of the cause of abduction
• haraṇahetoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahāsatyā: O great truthful lady
• mahāsatyā: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + satyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, कर्मधारय-समास; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• munīśvara: O lord of sages
• munīśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तत्पुरुष-समास; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभावप्रायः/निपातवत्; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• kuru: do; grant
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• prasādam: favor; grace
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• me: to me; for me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular) — enclitic

• dīnasya: of (me) the wretched
• dīnasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• praṇatasya: of (me) the bowed/surrendered
• praṇatasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pālaka (a Śaiva gaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The supplicant lies or kneels in deep obeisance before the sage, hands raised in prayer; the truthful wife stands serene, symbolizing satya; the sage’s face shows measured compassion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is sought through surrender; truthfulness (satya) is upheld as a spiritual force that shapes outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues a moral-ritual narrative within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇati (bowing/prostration) is implied as an act of humility while requesting prasāda.