Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

उवाच यदि तुष्टोऽसि यदि देयो वरो मम । गर्त्तेयं मम नाम्ना तु ख्यातिं गच्छतु केशव

Transliteration

uvāca yadi tuṣṭo'si yadi deyo varo mama | gartteyaṃ mama nāmnā tu khyātiṃ gacchatu keśava

Translation

เขากราบทูลว่า “หากพระองค์พอพระทัย หากจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพระองค์ได้แล้วไซร้ ข้าแต่พระเกศวะ ขอให้บ่อนี้ (หลุม/บ่อ) มีชื่อเสียงเป็นที่รู้จักด้วยนามของข้าพระองค์เถิด”

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/शर्तार्थक particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) / तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्तार्थक)

• देयः: to be given
• देयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (प्रातिपदिक; दा धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory) ‘देय’ = दातव्य; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• गर्ता: pit/cavity
• गर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गर्तेयम्: this pit
• गर्तेयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ता + इयम्
• Form: सन्ध्यन्तरितपदसमूह (not a samāsa); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by (my) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनुयोगार्थक particle)

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गच्छतु: may it attain/go
• गच्छतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Nṛga (the king, recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s grace)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Requested) a garta/kuṇḍa to be famed by the devotee’s name

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee petitions Kṛṣṇa: a humble figure gestures toward a stone-lined pit/well; Kṛṣṇa listens, compassionate, with the sea-city of Dvārakā in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Kṛṣṇa
• Nṛga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee’s redeemed life becomes a cause for sacred remembrance; divine grace can transform even a site into a celebrated tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nṛga-kūpa (the well/pit) in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse records the boon that establishes the tīrtha’s name and fame.