Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्याहं संप्रदास्यामि पुत्रान्हृदयवांछितान् । तथान्यदपि यत्किंचिदचिरान्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tasyāhaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi putrānhṛdayavāṃchitān | tathānyadapi yatkiṃcidacirānnātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แก่ผู้ภักดีเช่นนั้น เราจักประทานโอรสตามที่ใจปรารถนา และสิ่งอื่นใดที่เขาขอด้วย ก็จักสำเร็จโดยเร็ว ณ ที่นี้—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संप्रदास्यामि: I will bestow
• संप्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—दा

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• हृदयवाञ्छितान्: desired in the heart; heart’s wish
• हृदयवाञ्छितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय + वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (desired), पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; पुत्रान्-विशेषणम्

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्ययम् (thus/so)

• अन्यत्: something else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (also/even)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (whatever)

• किंचित्: anything; something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अनिश्चितार्थक (something)

• अचिरात्: soon
• अचिरात्: Adverbial (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अचिरात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (soon/within a short time)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपातः (negation)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/Scope)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

A goddess/deity speaking (continuation from the prior verse’s voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotees in general; immediate addressee remains the king-context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees offer worship; the deity extends a varada gesture, symbolically granting children and wishes—depicted as a couple receiving blessings, with cradle/child motif as allegory.

Characters & Entities

• Devotee (mānava)
• Sons (putrāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a sanctified tīrtha yields tangible and timely fruits, including progeny and other desired aims, by divine compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha of Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya where the deity promises quick boons (the verse itself does not state the place-name).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription: perform pūjā at the tīrtha; the result (phala) is the granting of desired boons.