Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

मङ्गल उवाच । प्रसादं कुरु मे शम्भो प्रतिजन्मनि शङ्कर । त्वदङ्गस्वेदसम्भूतो ग्रहमध्ये वसाम्यहम्

Transliteration

maṅgala uvāca | prasādaṃ kuru me śambho pratijanmani śaṅkara | tvadaṅgasvedasambhūto grahamadhye vasāmyaham

Translation

Maṅgala sprach: „Erweise mir Gnade, o Śambhu, o Śaṅkara, in jeder Geburt. Aus dem Schweiß Deines Leibes geboren, weile ich unter den Planeten.“

Word by Word

• maṅgalaḥ: Maṅgala
• maṅgalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prasādam: grace, favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuru: do, grant
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: my, for me
• me: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic

• śambho: O Śambhu
• śambho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• pratijanmani: in each birth
• pratijanmani: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: 'प्रति' (up to/each) + 'जन्मनि' (loc.); अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः (used indeclinably)

• śaṅkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṅkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvad-aṅga-sveda-sambhūtaḥ: born from the sweat of your body
• tvad-aṅga-sveda-sambhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate to aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + sveda (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √bhū + सम्, क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain): 'त्वदङ्गस्य स्वेदात् सम्भूतः'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle used adjectivally

• grahamadhye: in the midst of the planets
• grahamadhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/अधिकरण-निर्देशक: 'ग्रहाणां मध्ये'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vasāmi: I dwell
• vasāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Maṅgala (Aṅgāraka/Mars)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṅgala, reddish-hued planetary deity, bows to Śiva and requests grace in every birth; subtle iconographic hint of Maṅgala’s planetary aura and Śiva’s serene dominance.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala
• Śambhu
• Śaṅkara
• Grahas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful cosmic deities seek Śiva’s ongoing grace; divine favor is presented as the true source of auspiciousness across births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Revākhaṇḍa context leading toward the Māṅgaleśvara-liṅga at the Revā (Narmadā) region, though this particular line focuses on Maṅgala’s plea to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly here; it is a devotional request (prasāda-yācñā) rather than a ritual rule.