Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उवाच वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यथेप्सितम् । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

uvāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

He said, “I am the giver of boons—ask for whatever you desire. I shall grant you everything, even if it be exceedingly difficult to obtain.”

Word by Word

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

• varadaḥ: giver of boons
• varadaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: वरं ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): इति

• prārthayasva: ask/request
• prārthayasva: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arth (धातु) (उपसर्ग प्र + √arth/अर्थ्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: प्रार्थय (causative/णिच्) from √arth

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/conjunction): यथा (as/according to)

• īpsitam: the desired (boon)
• īpsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īpsita (कृदन्त; √āp/आप् with desiderative sense)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; कृदन्त (past passive participle used substantively): ईप्सितम् (desired)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वम् (everything)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

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

• pradāsyāmi: will give
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) (उपसर्ग प्र)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction): यदि (if)

• api: even/though
• api: Sambandha (Concessive/अपि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि (even/although)

• syāt: might be
• syāt: Kriya (Subordinate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sudurlabham: very difficult to obtain
• sudurlabham: Karta (Predicate adjective of implied 'tat'/it)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सु + दुर्लभ (उपसर्ग/निपातपूर्वक विशेषण)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara/Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhundhumāra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, newly manifest, speaks words of assurance—hand raised in abhaya/varada mudrā—inviting the devotee to ask any boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Varada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion matures, grace responds directly—Śiva presents himself as the compassionate giver of boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon-dialogue occurs in the Camatkārapura kṣetra setting established earlier in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; it introduces the boon request that will define ongoing worship at the liṅga.