Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

वरयस्व यथाकामं यस्ते मनसि वर्तते । आराधिता त्वया भक्त्या तुष्टा दास्यामि ते वरम्

Transliteration

varayasva yathākāmaṃ yaste manasi vartate | ārādhitā tvayā bhaktyā tuṣṭā dāsyāmi te varam

Translation

Choisis selon ton désir, ce qui demeure en ton esprit. Apaisée par ta dévotion, je suis satisfaite ; je t’accorderai une grâce.

Word by Word

• वरयस्व: choose (for yourself)
• वरयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) [वरणे]
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘choose’

• यथाकामम्: as you wish
• यथाकामम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (according to desire)

• यः: which/whatever (that)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of you/your)

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

• वर्तते: exists/occurs
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) [वर्तने]
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• आराधिता: worshipped
• आराधिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘अहं/देवी’ विशेषण (I, the goddess, having been worshipped)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘अहं/देवी’ विशेषण

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) [दाने]
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

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

Speaker

Devī (Cāmuṇḍā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting (chapter-context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, now clearly pleased, extends a boon-granting gesture (varada-mudrā) toward the king; the atmosphere shifts from fierce to auspicious, while her power remains palpable.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Cāmuṇḍā
• King (Devapanna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti that is steady and disciplined ripens into varadāna—divine willingness to fulfill a righteous desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography; this verse is a direct boon-granting speech rather than a tirtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the efficacy of ārādhana (devotional propitiation) as the means leading to the granting of a boon.