Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

शबर्युवाच । न मूल्यं कामये देवि फलपुष्पसमुद्भवम् । श्रीफलानि च पुष्पाणि यथेष्टं मम गृह्यताम्

Transliteration

śabaryuvāca | na mūlyaṃ kāmaye devi phalapuṣpasamudbhavam | śrīphalāni ca puṣpāṇi yatheṣṭaṃ mama gṛhyatām

Translation

Śabarī sprach: „O Herrin, ich begehre keinen Lohn für das, was als Frucht und Blüte hervorgeht. Nimm nach deinem Wunsch diese Kokosnüsse und Blumen von mir.“

Word by Word

• śabarī: Śabarī
• śabarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

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

• mūlyam: price/payment
• mūlyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūlya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• kāmaye: I desire
• kāmaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• devi: O lady/queen
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• phala-puṣpa-samudbhavam: arising from fruits and flowers
• phala-puṣpa-samudbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (समाहार/निर्देश): 'fruits-and-flowers-originated'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; mūlyam इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• śrīphalāni: śrī-fruits (coconuts)
• śrīphalāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīphala (प्रातिपदिक; śrī + phala)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• puṣpāṇi: flowers
• puṣpāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yathā-iṣṭam: as you wish/according to desire
• yathā-iṣṭam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषणार्थ (adverbial)

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

• gṛhyatām: let (them) be taken / please take
• gṛhyatām: Kriya (Request/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/आज्ञार्थे 'let them be taken/please take'

Speaker

Śabarī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śabarī gently declines payment, extending coconuts and flowers with open hands; the queen receives with reverence, attendants watching in quiet admiration.

Characters & Entities

• Śabarī
• Rājñī (Queen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True giving in dharma is non-transactional—offerings meant for worship are best given without craving reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred region is the broader pilgrimage-context in which such devotional service is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Accepting flowers and śrīphala (coconut) as pure materials for pūjā, offered freely in devotion.