Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मया च वरदानेन च्छन्दयित्वा निवारितः

Transliteration

mayā ca varadānena cchandayitvā nivāritaḥ

Translation

और मेरे द्वारा वरदान देकर उसे संतुष्ट करके रोका गया।

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचनम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• वर-दानॆन: by the granting of a boon
• वर-दानॆन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘वरस्य दानम्’/‘वरदानम्’ = boon-giving); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, एकवचनम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental singular)

• च्छन्दयित्वा: having appeased/induced consent
• च्छन्दयित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: छन्दय् (धातु, causative of छन्द्/छद् ‘to please/consent’) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund); ‘having caused (him) to consent/appeased’

• निवारितः: was restrained/prevented
• निवारितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वार् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle/क्त) क्रियावत्; पुल्लिङ्गः, एकवचनम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; (सः) निवारितः = ‘was restrained/prevented’

Speaker

Brahmā (Svayambhū), speaking to the Devas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā admits that by granting a boon he appeased and restrained the demon—an act of pacification that later becomes part of the problem.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vara (boon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power must be governed wisely; even divine boons can create complex karmic and cosmic consequences requiring later correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse concerns varadāna (boon-giving) within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.