Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । वरं प्रार्थय मे भद्र यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । साधु साधु महासत्त्व तुष्टोऽहं तपसा तव

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | varaṃ prārthaya me bhadra yatte manasi vartate | sādhu sādhu mahāsattva tuṣṭo'haṃ tapasā tava

Translation

قال إيشڤارا: «يا مبارك، سلني العطية التي تقيم في قلبك. أحسنتَ، أحسنتَ يا عظيمَ الهمة؛ لقد أرضتني تقشّفاتك».

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• prārthaya: ask for
• prārthaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-arth (धातु: अर्थ्/अर्थय्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular); अत्र चतुर्थी (to me)

• bhadra: O auspicious one
• bhadra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (that which)

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• manasi: in (your) mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular)

• vartate: exists; is present
• vartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• sādhu: well done
• sādhu: Bhāva (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रशंसावाचक (approbative particle)

• sādhu: well done
• sādhu: Bhāva (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• mahāsattva: O great-souled one
• mahāsattva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान् सत्त्वः)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• tapasā: by (your) austerity
• tapasā: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks directly: praising Soma’s austerity and inviting him to ask a boon; the moment is intimate, compassionate, and authoritative.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas performed with sincerity becomes worthy of divine boon and direct assurance from the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon-granting moment is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sanctifying narrative that culminates in a celebrated liṅga and tīrtha-sevā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is affirmed as efficacious; no detailed procedure is specified in this verse.