Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश ह्युमा मे वरदा यदि । उभावप्यत्र वै स्थाने स्थितौ शूलाग्रमूलयोः

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa hyumā me varadā yadi | ubhāvapyatra vai sthāne sthitau śūlāgramūlayoḥ

Translation

إن كنتَ راضياً يا ربَّ الآلهة—وإن كانت أُمَا حقّاً واهبةَ النِّعَم لي—فليقم كلاكما هنا في هذا الموضع المقدّس، عند سنان الرمح الثلاثي وعند أصله.

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ तुष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक: deva+īśa)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• umā: Umā
• umā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• me: my / of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• varadā: granting boons
• varadā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varadā (प्रातिपदिक: vara+dā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (वरं ददाति इति)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय (conditional particle)

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेष

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/emphatic)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• sthitau: standing / situated
• sthitau: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā स्था)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (उभौ)

• śūla-agra-mūlayoḥ: at the tip and the base of the trident
• śūla-agra-mūlayoḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक) + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शूलस्य अग्रं, शूलस्य मूलम्); द्वन्द्वार्थ-समाहार-निर्देश; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनरूपेण: षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन (योः)

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlāgra-mūla-sthāna on Revā-tīra (as described)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Likely a sage/audience within Revā-khaṇḍa frame (not specified in given excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devout brāhmaṇa petitions Śiva (Devēśa) and Umā to dwell at a trident’s tip and root at a riverbank tirtha; the trident stands as the axis of the site.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deveśa)
• Umā
• Śūla (Trident)
• Sthāna (sacred place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee seeks not only personal boons but the lasting presence of Śiva and Devī at a sacred locus for the welfare of all pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śūla-sthāna (trident-associated sacred place) within the Revā-khaṇḍa is explicitly praised as a seat where Śiva and Umā may abide.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is specified; it is a saṅkalpa-like request for divine residence (sannidhāna) and boon-granting.