Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तथान्यानपि दास्यामि वरान्परमदुर्लभान् । भक्त्या तवातितुष्टोऽहं प्रीत्यर्थं तव पुत्रक

Transliteration

tathānyānapi dāsyāmi varānparamadurlabhān | bhaktyā tavātituṣṭo'haṃ prītyarthaṃ tava putraka

Translation

Además, te concederé otros dones—dones sumamente difíciles de obtener. Hijo mío, estoy hondamente complacido por tu devoción, y los otorgo para tu dicha.

Word by Word

• tathā: also, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम्; ‘thus/also’

• anyān: other
• anyān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचनम्; Accusative plural (qualifying varān)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारः; ‘also’

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचनम्; ‘I will give’

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचनम्; Accusative plural

• parama-durlabhān: extremely hard to obtain
• parama-durlabhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + dur + labha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: ‘परमाश्च ते दुर्लभाश्च’ → ‘अत्यन्त-दुर्लभ’), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; qualifying varān

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचनम्; Instrumental singular

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचनम्; Genitive singular

• ati-tuṣṭaḥ: very satisfied/pleased
• ati-tuṣṭaḥ: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + tuṣ (तुष् धातु) → tuṣṭa (क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) with उपसर्ग ‘अति’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘very pleased’

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

• prīti-artham: for (your) pleasure
• prīti-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: ‘प्रीत्यर्थम्’ = ‘for the sake of pleasure/affection’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; adverbial accusative of purpose

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; Genitive singular

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचनम्; Vocative singular

Speaker

Kumāreśvara (Skanda/Kārttikeya) (contextual attribution)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the devotee addressed as 'putraka'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, pleased, promises additional exceedingly rare boons to the devotee, addressing him affectionately as 'son' and emphasizing joy as the motive.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśvara
• Putra (devotee/son figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion (bhakti) moves the deity to grant even rare spiritual and worldly blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage points to the Kumāreśvara sacred locale, especially the Mahī–Sāgara confluence, though this verse itself is a general promise of boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it frames the reward of devotion that later verses specify through snāna and pūjā.