Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वरदा चेति मन्नाम वरदानाद्भविष्यति । इहागत्य तु या नारी पूजयिष्यति मां शुभाम्

Transliteration

varadā ceti mannāma varadānādbhaviṣyati | ihāgatya tu yā nārī pūjayiṣyati māṃ śubhām

Translation

વરદાન આપવાના કારણે મારું નામ ‘વરદા’ થશે. જે સ્ત્રી અહીં આવી મને—શુભાને—પૂજશે,

Word by Word

• वरदा: Varadā (boon-giver)
• वरदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरदा (प्रातिपदिक: वर + दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयप्राय (boon-giver)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक/संक्षिप्तरूप (my)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वरदानात्: from granting boons
• वरदानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरदान (प्रातिपदिक: वर + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वरस्य दानम्)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); (having come)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध

• या: who (any woman who)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माम्)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī) continuing

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (as declared)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī declares her epithet ‘Varadā’ and invites women pilgrims to worship her at the kṣetra; the moment is declarative, like a consecration of a local form.

Characters & Entities

• Varadā
• Gaurī/Pārvatī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity’s name is tied to function: Devī is celebrated as Varadā because she actively grants dhārmic boons to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra—“here” indicates the local shrine/manifestation where Varadā Gaurī is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (ihāgatya) and pūjā of Devī in her auspicious Varadā form.