Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञां मम देवेश देहि निष्क्रमणाय च । यथाऽहं पितृपो ब्रह्मन्भवान्याश्चापि लक्ष्यते

Transliteration

anujñāṃ mama deveśa dehi niṣkramaṇāya ca | yathā'haṃ pitṛpo brahmanbhavānyāścāpi lakṣyate

Translation

اے دیوی دیوتاؤں کے اِیشور! مجھے رخصت ہونے کی اجازت عطا فرما۔ اے برہمن! تاکہ میں پِتروں کا رِن ادا کرنے والا سمجھا جاؤں، اور بھوانی بھی مجھے اسی طرح پہچانے۔

Word by Word

• अनुज्ञाम्: permission
• अनुज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• देव-ईश: O lord of gods
• देव-ईश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• निष्क्रमणाय: for departure/going out
• निष्क्रमणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क्रमण (प्रातिपदिक; √क्रम् with नि: + निष्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक (as/so that)

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

• पितृपः: protector of the fathers (Pitṛs)
• पितृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृप (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पितॄन् पाति’ इति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sir)/O Brahmā
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भवान्याः: of Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवान्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• लक्ष्यते: is seen/appears
• लक्ष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive: ‘is seen/appears’)

Speaker

Devotee/narrative figure addressing Śiva (Deveśa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deveśa (addressed Lord) within the reported speech; also implicitly the earlier interlocutor hearing the account

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant addresses the Lord of gods, requesting permission to depart; behind or beside the Lord stands Bhavānī, indicating Śiva-Śakti completeness; ancestral symbols (piṇḍa, water libation) appear subtly to show pitṛ-ṛṇa repayment.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• pitṛ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is harmonized with dharma: one seeks divine sanction while honoring obligations to ancestors and the divine family (Śiva-Bhavānī).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it functions within the broader tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse alludes to pitṛ-duty (pitṛ-ṛṇa), typically fulfilled through śrāddha/tarpaṇa in dharma texts.