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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। मांडव्य उवाच । ग्रहीष्यामि सुरश्रेष्ठा वरं युष्मत्समुद्रवम् । परं मे निर्णयं चैकं धर्मराजः प्रचक्षतु

Transliteration

| māṃḍavya uvāca | grahīṣyāmi suraśreṣṭhā varaṃ yuṣmatsamudravam | paraṃ me nirṇayaṃ caikaṃ dharmarājaḥ pracakṣatu

Translation

مانڈویہ نے کہا: “اے دیوتاؤں کے بہترینو! میں تمہارا پیش کیا ہوا ور قبول کرتا ہوں؛ مگر میرے لیے ایک آخری اور فیصلہ کن حکم دھرم راج ہی بیان کریں۔”

Word by Word
māṃḍavyaḥMāṇḍavya
māṃḍavyaḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāṃḍavya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — proper noun ‘Māṇḍavya’
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘said’
grahīṣyāmiI will accept
grahīṣyāmi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्) उत्तमपुरुष एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘I will accept’
suraśreṣṭhāḥO best of the gods
suraśreṣṭhāḥ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘O best of the gods’
varama boon
varam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् — ‘boon’
yuṣmat-samudravamgranted by you
yuṣmat-samudravam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + samudrava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘bestowed/coming from you’ (qualifying varam)
paramsupreme
param:
Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् — ‘supreme/ultimate’ (qualifying nirṇayam)
memy
me:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी एकवचनस्य एन्क्लिटिक-रूपम् — ‘my/of me’
nirṇayamdecision
nirṇayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnirṇaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् — ‘decision/judgment’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘and’
ekamone
ekam:
Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् — ‘one/single’ (qualifying nirṇayam)
dharmarājaḥDharmarāja
dharmarājaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘King of Dharma’ (Yama)
pracakṣatulet him declare
pracakṣatu:
Kriya (Imperative/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√cakṣ (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘let (him) declare/tell’
Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Māṇḍavya, composed and austere, accepts the offered boon but raises his hand slightly in a gesture of inquiry, requesting Dharma-rāja’s decisive judgment; devas listen attentively.

Characters & Entities
M
Māṇḍavya
S
Suraśreṣṭhas (Devas)
D
Dharmarāja (Yama)

FAQs

Even after receiving divine favor, a seeker prioritizes moral clarity—requesting dharmic judgment and understanding over mere benefit.

This verse begins Adhyāya 136 within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow, but does not name a particular tīrtha in the line itself.

None; it is a dialogic transition into a teaching on dharma and karmic adjudication.

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