Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

दानव उवाच । अहं विवाहमिच्छामि त्वया सह सुशोभने । भूपृष्ठे सकले राज्ञी भवस्येवं न संशयः

Transliteration

dānava uvāca | ahaṃ vivāhamicchāmi tvayā saha suśobhane | bhūpṛṣṭhe sakale rājñī bhavasyevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Der Dānava sprach: „Schöne, ich begehre die Ehe mit dir. Über die ganze Erde wirst du Königin sein; daran besteht kein Zweifel.“

Word by Word

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Saha (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• सुशोभने: O very beautiful one
• सुशोभने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे संबोधन

• भूपृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• भूपृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: भूमेः पृष्ठम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सकले: entire/whole
• सकले: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with भूपृष्ठे)

• राज्ञी: queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवसि: you will be/are
• भवसि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (thus/in this way)

• न: not/no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Dānava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dānava leans forward with persuasive gesture, golden staff lowered, offering marriage and queenship; the maiden remains guarded, the banyan and river forming a moral boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power and status are used as temptations; dharmic discernment is needed before accepting promises.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region; this verse highlights persuasion rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a proposal framed through worldly inducement.