Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
सर्वं च सफलं तुभ्यं मा धर्मस्तेऽन्यथा भवेत् । ददामीति वरं तुभ्यं मन्यसे यदि चासुर
Transliteration
sarvaṃ ca saphalaṃ tubhyaṃ mā dharmaste'nyathā bhavet | dadāmīti varaṃ tubhyaṃ manyase yadi cāsura
Translation
Et que tout te soit fécond; que ton dharma ne s’écarte pas de sa voie juste. Si tu l’acceptes ainsi, ô Asura, je t’accorde cette grâce.
Word by Word
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सफलम्fruitful, successful
सफलम्:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying सर्वम्)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
माdo not / lest
मा:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
भवेत्may become / should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
ददामिI give
ददामि:
Kriya (Quoted speech/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)
वरम्boon
वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
असुरO Asura
असुर:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva’s blessing expands: ‘May all be fruitful; may your dharma not become otherwise.’ The asura stands at a threshold—receiving power yet being warned by the very structure of the boon.
Characters & Entities
A
Asura (addressed)FAQs
Even when granting boons, Purāṇic theology upholds dharma as the regulating principle that restrains disorder.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.