Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । सांनिध्यं क्रियतामत्र सर्वकालं हि शंकर

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama | sāṃnidhyaṃ kriyatāmatra sarvakālaṃ hi śaṃkara

Translation

“If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, and if a boon is to be granted to me—then, O Śaṅkara, establish your abiding presence here for all time.”

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (यदि अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-बोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (तुष् धातु) + tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśa (ईश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: देवानाम् ईशः (lord of gods)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (यदि अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-बोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• deyaḥ: is to be given
• deyaḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (दा धातु) + deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय कृदन्त (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘to be given’

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: to me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (सान्निध्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be made/established
• kriyatām: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be done’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देश-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: here)

• sarvakālam: for all time
• sarvakālam: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + kāla (काल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (काल-अधिकरणार्थे), एकवचन; समास: सर्वः कालः (all time)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (हि अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतु-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic/causal particle)

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (शंकर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Kumārī (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Barkareśa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kurūsattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumārī petitions Śaṅkara: ‘If pleased, grant me this—abide here forever.’ Śiva listens with compassionate stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Kumārī
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is not personal gain but the establishment of enduring divine presence that benefits all beings across time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “here” indicates the soon-to-be-consecrated Barkareśa Śiva-site, made eternal through Śiva’s granted presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implicitly grounds a shrine’s sanctity: requesting and receiving Śiva’s perpetual sannidhya, which supports later worship and pilgrimage.