Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रसादः क्रियतां तस्माद्ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् । नो चेत्पुरं परित्यज्य यास्यामोऽन्यत्र भूतले

Transliteration

prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām | no cetpuraṃ parityajya yāsyāmo'nyatra bhūtale

Translation

پس ان عظیم النفس برہمنوں پر اپنا فضل فرمائیے؛ ورنہ ہم اس شہر کو چھوڑ کر زمین پر کہیں اور چلے جائیں گے۔

Word by Word

• prasādaḥ: favor/grace
• prasādaḥ: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be granted
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः — ‘let it be done/please be granted’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं कारणार्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablatival adverb) — ‘therefore/from that reason’

• brāhmaṇānām: of the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled
• mahātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् आत्मा येषाम्’/‘महात्मानः’; विशेषण (ब्राह्मणानाम्)

• naḥ: for us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम — ‘of us/our’ (here: ‘for us’ in request context)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Conditional particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/सम्भावनाबोधक) — ‘if’

• puram: the city
• puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parityajya: having left
• parityajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज् धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having abandoned’

• yāsyāmaḥ: we shall go
• yāsyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Destination adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘elsewhere’

• bhūtale: on the earth
• bhūtale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūtala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (petitioning Ambāvṛddhā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambāvṛddhā-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas, hands folded, speak firmly yet humbly before the Mother-goddess: ‘Grant grace, or we leave the city.’ The city gates and road outward are visible as a symbolic threat of departure.

Characters & Entities

• Ambāvṛddhā (addressed)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Pura (city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A community’s stability depends on divine grace upheld through dhārmic relationship with the presiding sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The city within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Ambāvṛddhā Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seeking prasāda (grace) through supplication; the implied practice is devotional appeal following pūjā.