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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच । यदि प्रीतोऽसि मे देव यदि देयो वरो मम । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे महादेव स्थातव्यं सर्वदैव हि

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | yadi prīto'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama | asmiṃstīrthe mahādeva sthātavyaṃ sarvadaiva hi

Translation

Le brāhmaṇa dit : «Si tu es satisfait de moi, ô Dieu, et si mon vœu doit être accordé, alors, ô Mahādeva, demeure à jamais dans ce tīrtha même».

Word by Word
ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)
प्रीतःpleased
प्रीतः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्री)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक विशेषण
असिyou are
असि:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
मेof me / my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)
देयःto be given
देयः:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘to be given’
वरःa boon
वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
तीर्थेat the sacred ford/place
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
महादेवO Mahādeva
महादेव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहā + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
स्थातव्यम्(you) should remain
स्थातव्यम्:
Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेयार्थे: ‘it is to be stayed/you should remain’
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
हिfor / indeed
हि:
Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: for/indeed)
Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, humble yet resolute, petitions Mahādeva to remain forever at the tīrtha; the riverbank and a nascent liṅga/shrine are suggested as the future focal point.

Characters & Entities
M
Mahādeva
T
Tīrtha
V
Vara (boon)

FAQs

The highest boon is not personal gain but the Lord’s abiding presence that sanctifies a place for all beings.

A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where the devotee asks Mahādeva to reside permanently (the exact tīrtha-name is implied by the chapter context).

Implicitly, it points to sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā-bhāva (establishing divine presence), though no formal installation ritual is detailed here.

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