Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तथेति च वरो दत्तो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । वरदानात्सद्य एव बभूव पुरुषस्तदा

Transliteration

tatheti ca varo datto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | varadānātsadya eva babhūva puruṣastadā

Translation

«Qu’il en soit ainsi», dit Brahmā, le Seigneur suprême, en accordant la grâce. Par ce don, un être mâle vint aussitôt à l’existence.

Word by Word

• tathā: so; thus
• tathā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• iti: thus (saying)
• iti: Sambandha/Avyaya (Quotative/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• varaḥ: the boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dattaḥ: given
• dattaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘varaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Kartṛ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• parameṣṭhinā: by the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• parameṣṭhinā: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (परमेष्ठिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; brahmaṇā इत्यस्य विशेषण/उपाधि

• vara-dānāt: from the granting of the boon
• vara-dānāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-dāna (प्रातिपदिक; वर + दान)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (सद्यः अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (immediately)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• babhūva: came to be
• babhūva: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• puruṣaḥ: a person; man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (पुरुष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Brahmā’s ‘tathāstu’, a new male being materializes instantly—emerging from light and shadow—while the air trembles with the force of the granted boon.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sanction is depicted as instantly efficacious—boons can rapidly reshape destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa is the textual setting; this verse itself is cosmological rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the immediate fruit of a boon.