Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 36

Diti’s Puṁsavana Vow, Indra’s Intervention, and the Birth of the Maruts

Devanagari script

सोऽहं त्वयार्चितो भद्रे ईद‍ृग्भावेन भक्तित: । तं ते सम्पादये काममसतीनां सुदुर्लभम् ॥ ३६ ॥

Transliteration

so ’haṁ tvayārcito bhadre īdṛg-bhāvena bhaktitaḥ taṁ te sampādaye kāmam asatīnāṁ sudurlabham

Translation

My gentle wife, because you have worshiped me with such devotion, seeing me as the representative of the Supreme Lord, I shall grant you the fulfillment of your desire—something very difficult for an unchaste woman to obtain.

Synonyms

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: कर्तृ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण/कर्तृ (करण; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अर्चितः: worshipped
• अर्चितः: कर्मणि-कर्तृवाच्य (विधेय/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘worshipped’

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ईदृक्-भावेन: with such an attitude
• ईदृक्-भावेन: करण (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईदृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (ईदृशः भावः)

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: हेतु/करण (कारण/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (तस्), ‘from/through devotion’ (भक्तितस्)

• तम्: that
• तम्: कर्म (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’

• सम्पादये: I will grant/accomplish
• सम्पादये: क्रिया (आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु) / सम्पादय् (णिजन्त धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘I accomplish/provide’

• कामम्: desire/boon
• कामम्: कर्म (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• असतीनाम्: of unchaste women
• असतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: विशेषण (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सु + दुर्लभ)

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Indra

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about the power of devotion to grant results?

This verse shows that sincere worship done with the right inner mood (bhāva) can bring about the fulfillment of one’s desire, as the worshiped authority agrees to “accomplish” the result.

Why did Indra say this to Diti in Canto 6 Chapter 18?

Indra, approaching Diti in disguise, acknowledges her worship and vow, and promises to fulfill her wish—part of the unfolding episode where her determination and purity are being observed and tested.

Practical application of purity and devotion in modern life according to this shloka?

Keep commitments and spiritual practices with sincerity and inner integrity; the Bhagavatam emphasizes that results depend not only on actions but on the purity of intention and devotional attitude.