Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्याहं वांछितान्कामान्संप्रदास्यामि पार्थिव । सूत उवाच । एवं तत्र स्थिता देवी स्वयमेव सरस्वती

Transliteration

tasyāhaṃ vāṃchitānkāmānsaṃpradāsyāmi pārthiva | sūta uvāca | evaṃ tatra sthitā devī svayameva sarasvatī

Translation

โอ้พระราชา เราจักประทานความปรารถนาที่เขามุ่งหวังให้ครบถ้วนแก่ผู้นั้น สุทากล่าวว่า: ดังนี้แล พระเทวีสรัสวตีทรงสถิตมั่นอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (कामान्)

• कामान्: wishes, desires
• कामान्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संप्रदास्यामि: I will bestow
• संप्रदास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• स्थिता: situated
• स्थिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → स्थित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (देवी)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवी-समनाधिकरण (apposition)

Speaker

Sarasvatī (first sentence), then Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (for Sarasvatī’s speech); the listening assembly (for Sūta’s narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī’s voice blesses the king; a luminous aura settles into the icon and the landscape—water, ghat, and shrine—signifying her permanent establishment; Sūta narrates to an assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when the deity is affirmed as personally present there, making blessings and boons readily attainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 46), where Sarasvatī is said to be established ‘there’ herself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship at the site (as described in the preceding verse) with the promise of receiving desired boons.