Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सापि बाला वरं लब्ध्वा पार्वत्याः करुणानिधेः । अवाप परमानंदं पूजयामास तं गुरुम्

Transliteration

sāpi bālā varaṃ labdhvā pārvatyāḥ karuṇānidheḥ | avāpa paramānaṃdaṃ pūjayāmāsa taṃ gurum

Translation

La jeune fille, ayant reçu la grâce de Pārvatī, océan de compassion, atteignit la félicité suprême et vénéra ce guru.

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• बाला: the girl
• बाला: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पार्वत्याः: of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• करुणा-निधेः: of the treasure of compassion
• करुणा-निधेः: Sambandha (Genitive epithet/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (करुणायाः निधिः)

• अवाप: attained
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव +
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-रूप (आख्यात-प्रयोगः; here narrative past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम-आनन्दम्: supreme bliss
• परम-आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः आनन्दः)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect/आम-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The young girl, radiant with relief, offers respectful worship to the sage-guru—flowers, water, and folded hands—after receiving Devī’s boon.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Gurumuni (the sage/teacher)
• Bālā (the girl)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace should culminate in gratitude—honouring both the deity who blesses and the guru who guides dharmic understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Guru-pūjā (honouring the spiritual teacher) is implied as a dharmic response to receiving a boon.