Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते चंद्र वरं वरय सुव्रत । किं ते कामं करोम्यद्य ब्रूहि यत्स्यात्सुदुर्ल्लभम्

Transliteration

parituṣṭo'smi te caṃdra varaṃ varaya suvrata | kiṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya brūhi yatsyātsudurllabham

Translation

“I am fully pleased with you, O Candra. Choose a boon, O you of noble vow. What desire of yours shall I fulfill today? Speak—even that which is most difficult to obtain.”

Word by Word

• परितुष्टः: fully pleased
• परितुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (of अहम्)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• चंद्र: O Moon (Candra)
• चंद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

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

• वरय: choose, ask for
• वरय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु) (वरणे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vow
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: सु + व्रत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण-सम्बोधन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक; कर्म (what?)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध (genitive: your)

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

• करोमि: I do, I grant/fulfil
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Relative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: what/that which)

• स्यात्: may be, would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Potential/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/सम्भावना), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुदुर्लभम्: very difficult to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: सु + दुर्लभ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of यत्)

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra / Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (female interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra addressing Candra with compassion and majesty, offering any boon—even the hardest to obtain; divine presence intimate yet awe-inspiring.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Rudra)
• Candra (Soma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is disciplined (suvrata) and sustained, Śiva’s grace manifests as both darśana and the granting of boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the sacred locale where Śiva becomes directly pleased and bestows a boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tapas and vow-observance are affirmed as efficacious; the verse itself is the boon-invitation rather than a ritual rule.