Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । अत्र संस्थापयिष्यामि सदा संनिहितो भव

Transliteration

indra uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama | atra saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi sadā saṃnihito bhava

Translation

Indra sprach: „Wenn du zufrieden bist, o Herr der Götter, und wenn mir ein Segen zu gewähren ist, dann werde ich dich hier einsetzen; verweile hier für immer, in beständiger Gegenwart.“

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष्-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• देयः: to be given
• देयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; दा-धातु)
• Form: विधेयकृदन्त/भाव्य (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संस्थापयिष्यामि: I will establish
• संस्थापयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• संनिहितः: present, near
• संनिहितः: Visheshya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-नि-हित (कृदन्त; धा-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, hands folded, petitions the Lord of gods for a boon: to establish the deity at the riverbank tīrtha so the divine presence remains constant.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Deveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred site becomes enduringly potent when divinity is invoked to remain present there for the welfare of devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indratīrtha (within the Narmadā/Revā sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā/स्थापना—Indra’s intent to establish (install) the deity’s presence at that spot.