Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच । मम प्रसादतो वत्स जरामरणवर्जितः । भविष्यसि न सन्देहः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

śrībrahmovāca | mama prasādato vatsa jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ | bhaviṣyasi na sandehaḥ satyametanmayoditam

Translation

Śrī Brahmā dit : «Par ma faveur, cher enfant, tu seras exempt de vieillesse et de mort—sans aucun doute. C’est la vérité que je proclame».

Word by Word

• śrī-brahmā: Revered Brahmā
• śrī-brahmā: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘श्रीमान् ब्रह्मा’ (honorific epithet)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mama: my/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• prasādataḥ: by (my) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (by reason of)

• vatsa: O child/dear one
• vatsa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• jarā-maraṇa-varjitaḥ: devoid of old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-varjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘varjita’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘jarāmaraṇena varjitaḥ’

• bhaviṣyasi: you will be
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• sandehaḥ: doubt
• sandehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• satyam: true
• satyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्य-विशेषण (sentential predicate): ‘true’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma/Viṣaya (Content/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• uditam: uttered/said
• uditam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udita (प्रातिपदिक; √vad/√ud? as PPP ‘spoken/uttered’)
• Form: क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘etat’ का विशेषण

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, calm and authoritative, grants the boon with a raised hand (vara-mudrā), declaring its truth; Vṛka receives it with satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vṛka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons operate through the deity’s declared grace, yet Purāṇic narratives often warn that boons can be misused if dharma is ignored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the boon dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is the formal granting of a boon (vara-pradāna).