Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अमृतत्वं तु वो दद्मि योगिभिर्यन्न गम्यते । दुर्लभं यत्सुरैः सर्वैर्मत्प्रसादाल्लभिष्यथ

Transliteration

amṛtatvaṃ tu vo dadmi yogibhiryanna gamyate | durlabhaṃ yatsuraiḥ sarvairmatprasādāllabhiṣyatha

Translation

«Je vous accorde l’immortalité—chose inaccessible même aux yogins, et rare pour tous les dieux. Par ma seule grâce, vous l’obtiendrez.»

Word by Word

• अमृतत्वम्: immortality
• अमृतत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Abstract noun (immortality)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वय/विरोध-अव्यय (indeed/but)

• वः: to you
• वः: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (enclitic), बहुवचन; here दत्तेः सम्प्रदानार्थे चतुर्थी (to you)

• दद्मि: I give
• दद्मि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; I give

• योगिभिः: by yogis
• योगिभिः: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (by yogis)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun referring to अमृतत्वम् (that which)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• गम्यते: is attained
• गम्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): is attained/reached

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Predicate adjective (hard to obtain)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun (which)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (by gods)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Adjective qualifying सुरैः (by all)

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: मद्(षष्ठी) + प्रसाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'मम प्रसादः' → 'मत्प्रसाद' ; Ablative singular (from/through my grace)

• लभिष्यथ: you will obtain
• लभिष्यथ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; you (all) will obtain

Speaker

Unspecified deity (contextual speaker granting a boon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (recipients of boon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā Devī addresses brāhmaṇas on the riverbank, her hand raised in varada-mudrā; a subtle aura suggests ‘amṛtatva’—nectar-like light descending upon them.

Characters & Entities

• yogin
• sura (devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) can bestow what even advanced yogic effort and celestial status cannot easily attain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) region is the narrative backdrop, consistent with Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it focuses on the grant of a boon through grace.