Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

यथा भवामि न चिरात्तथा भवतु मानदे । एवमस्त्विति सा चोक्त्वा भवानी भक्तवत्सला

Transliteration

yathā bhavāmi na cirāttathā bhavatu mānade | evamastviti sā coktvā bhavānī bhaktavatsalā

Translation

« Que je devienne ainsi, et sans tarder—qu’il en soit ainsi, ô dispensatrice d’honneur. » Disant : « Qu’il en soit ainsi », Bhavānī, pleine de tendresse pour ses dévots, accorda la grâce.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थ-उपपद (correlative adverb: 'as/just as')

• भवामि: I am / I become
• भवामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चिरात्: after long (time), long
• चिरात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय/तद्धित-निपात)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb); 'after a long time/long'

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथा-तथा-सम्बन्ध (correlative adverb: 'so/thus')

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• भवतु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानदे: O giver of honor (respected one)
• मानदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānada (मानद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन (vocative epithet)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: 'thus')

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus, saying
• इति: Vākyārtha-marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavānī (भवानी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• भक्तवत्सला: affectionate to devotees
• भक्तवत्सला: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta + vatsalā (भक्त प्रातिपदिक + वत्सल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भक्तानां वत्सला = affectionate to devotees)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Bhavānī’s boon-granting words)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rohiṇī-tīrtha (implied; named explicitly in 108.19)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions Bhavānī for swift fulfillment; the Goddess, compassionate to devotees, grants the boon with the words ‘evam astu’. Sages stand nearby as witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī (Pārvatī/Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is portrayed as bhakta-vatsalā—quick to bless sincere devotees with timely fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon episode belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha framework associated with Rohiṇī and the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the fruit (boon) of prior vrata and niyama.