Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच । न वृथा दर्शनं मे स्यात्कदाचिदपि सुव्रताः । तस्माद्गृह्णीत यच्चित्ते सदाभीष्टं व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syātkadācidapi suvratāḥ | tasmādgṛhṇīta yaccitte sadābhīṣṭaṃ vyavasthitam

Translation

ศักระ (อินทรา)ตรัสว่า: โอ ผู้มีวัตรอันประเสริฐ ขอการปรากฏของเราต่อท่านทั้งหลายอย่าได้ไร้ผลเลย; เพราะฉะนั้นจงเลือกสิ่งใดก็ตามที่เป็นความปรารถนาอันเป็นที่รักและมั่นคงในดวงใจของท่าน

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (Negation)

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb: in vain)

• दर्शनम्: the meeting/vision
• दर्शनम्: Kartā (Subject of 'syāt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• स्यात्: may it be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Wish/Optative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (Adverb of time: ever/at any time)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: even/also)

• सुव्रताः: O you of good vows
• सुव्रताः: Sambodhana (Addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (सु-व्रताः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात् (therefore)

• गृह्णीत: take, accept
• गृह्णीत: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object; correlates with implied तत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• चित्ते: in (your) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location: in mind)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नित्यत्ववाचक (Adverb: always)

• अभीष्टम्: desired (boon)
• अभीष्टम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ-इष्/इष् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• व्यवस्थितम्: settled, determined
• व्यवस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of अभीष्टम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasi-tīrtha (boon-dialogue locus)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, earnest and slightly bowed, tells the sages his appearance must not be in vain and invites them to ask for any cherished desire.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine encounter (darśana) is meant to bear fruit; righteous seekers may be offered a boon aligned with their inner resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sages’ āśrama-tīrtha setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where Indra appears and offers a boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite; it is a boon-offering moment—Indra invites the sages to state their chosen wish.