Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

वरं वरय भद्रं ते नित्यं यो मनसि स्थितः । तं ते सर्वं प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te nityaṃ yo manasi sthitaḥ | taṃ te sarvaṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

Choose a boon—may auspiciousness be yours—whatever abides constantly in your mind. I shall grant you all of that, even if it be exceedingly hard to obtain.

Word by Word

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• वरय: choose
• वरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन — “choose!”

• भद्रम्: auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Sambandha (Benedictive expression/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — used as benediction (“good fortune”)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Dative singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative: “always”)

• यः: which/that (boon)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun

• मनसि: in (your) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• स्थितः: present/abiding
• स्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — “situated/abiding” (agreeing with यः)

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Dative singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — “I shall give” (प्र + दा)

• यद्यपि: even if
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह (concessive: “even if/although”)

• स्यात्: were to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — “may be/should be”

• सुदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — “very difficult to obtain”; समास: सु + दुर्लभ

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda/Arbudācala (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, now humbled, offers a boon with open palm; a subtle aura surrounds both; Mudgala stands poised to choose, serene and inwardly focused; the sky brightens, suggesting divine favor.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Mudgala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine powers are secondary to inner aspiration; what one holds in the mind reveals one’s true goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly supports the Māmuhrada Tīrtha narrative by setting up the sage’s request connected to liberation and tīrtha fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified in this verse.