Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

भो भोः सर्पा निवर्तध्वं तपसोऽस्य महत्फलम् । यमिच्छथ ददाम्यद्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

bho bhoḥ sarpā nivartadhvaṃ tapaso'sya mahatphalam | yamicchatha dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

«هيه، هيه، يا معشرَ الحيّات! كُفّوا عن رياضتكم؛ فإنّ هذا التَّبَس قد أثمر ثمرةً عظيمة. ما تشتهون أُعطيكم اليوم، ولا حاجةَ لتردّدٍ ولا لتفكير.»

Word by Word

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बोधन-निपात/vocative particle)

• bhoḥ: O!
• bhoḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बोधन-निपात/vocative particle)

• sarpāḥ: O serpents
• sarpāḥ: Sambodhana (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन

• nivartadhvam: turn back/return
• nivartadhvam: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: वृत् = to turn back; उपसर्ग: नि-

• tapasaḥ: of the austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahat-phalam: great fruit/result
• mahat-phalam: Karma/Pratijñā (Object/complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'महत् फलम्'

• yam: which (thing)
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (इच्छथ इत्यस्य कर्म)

• icchatha: you desire
• icchatha: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: इष्/इच्छ् = to desire

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/temporal adverb)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• kāryā: is necessary
• kāryā: Kartā (Subject of 'is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'कार्य' = thing to be done/necessity

• vicāraṇā: deliberation/consideration
• vicāraṇā: Kartā (Predicate nominative with implied 'asti')
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Parameśvara/Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses the assembled serpents with a commanding yet benevolent call: stop the austerity; its fruit is achieved; ask and receive now without doubt.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Serpents (Nāgas)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic promise: sincere tapas culminates in the Lord’s direct bestowal of boons—grace is not distant when effort is mature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly; the focus is on Śiva’s boon-giving within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is acknowledged as efficacious; no particular vrata or procedure is laid out in this verse.