Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तथाहं देव देव्या च प्रोक्तः संतुष्टया पुरा । मन्त्रग्रामो यया दत्तः शस्त्राणि विविधानि च

Transliteration

tathāhaṃ deva devyā ca proktaḥ saṃtuṣṭayā purā | mantragrāmo yayā dattaḥ śastrāṇi vividhāni ca

Translation

“โอ้พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ในกาลก่อนเมื่อพระเทวีทรงพอพระทัย พระนางได้ตรัสแก่ข้าพเจ้า และประทานหมู่มนตร์ทั้งปวง พร้อมทั้งศัสตราวุธนานาประการ”

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise; so
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुसरणवाचक (so; likewise)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्ता/विषय

• देव: O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (by the goddess)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• प्रोक्तः: was told; was addressed
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (having been told/addressed)

• संतुष्टया: by (her) being pleased
• संतुष्टया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + तुष् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (by the satisfied one)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Avyaya (Temporal/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/earlier)

• मन्त्रग्रामः: a collection of mantras
• मन्त्रग्रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्राणां ग्रामः = collection of mantras)

• यया: by whom
• यया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (by whom)

• दत्तः: was given
• दत्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मन्त्रग्रामस्य विधेयः (was given)

• शस्त्राणि: weapons
• शस्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समुच्चित-विषय/कर्म (weapons)

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; शस्त्राणि-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

Speaker

Rājā (continuing his speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback tableau: Devī, pleased, bestows a ‘garland/collection of mantras’ and diverse weapons upon the king—radiant, maternal yet formidable.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine gifts (mantra and power) are granted when the deity is pleased, and they carry obligations of dharma and right use.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context is Devīkuṇḍa within the Tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it references mantra-initiation/empowerment as a divine grant.