Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वरं ब्रवीहि भद्रं ते स्तवेनानेन सुव्रते । ददामि ते न संदेहः शोकं त्यज महेश्वरि

Transliteration

varaṃ bravīhi bhadraṃ te stavenānena suvrate | dadāmi te na saṃdehaḥ śokaṃ tyaja maheśvari

Translation

„Sprich deinen Wunsch aus — Heil sei dir, o Tugendhafte. Durch diesen Hymnus gewähre ich ihn dir ohne Zweifel; lege deinen Kummer ab, o Maheśvarī.“

Word by Word

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ब्रवीहि: speak / tell
• ब्रवीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• भद्रम्: auspiciousness / good fortune
• भद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (आशीर्वादार्थे)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular

• स्तवेन: by (this) hymn/praise
• स्तवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular (स्तवेन इति विशेषण)

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 1st person, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Dative (4th), Singular

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; negative particle

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यज: abandon
• त्यज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• महेश्वरि: O Maheśvarī
• महेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Maheśvarī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, calm and majestic, invites Devī to ask for a boon; his hand gesture conveys assurance (abhaya/vara), while Devī’s sorrow begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Maheśvarī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stotra) is spiritually efficacious; the Lord responds by removing grief and granting worthy desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon is framed within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, implying that the sacred setting supports divine favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the hymn is implied as the means (“stavenānena”) by which the boon is obtained.