Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अन्यं च ते वरं दद्या तमप्याकर्णयोत्तमम् । दुष्प्रापं यज्ञतपसां राशिभिः परमार्थतः

Transliteration

anyaṃ ca te varaṃ dadyā tamapyākarṇayottamam | duṣprāpaṃ yajñatapasāṃ rāśibhiḥ paramārthataḥ

Translation

さらに汝に別の恩寵を授けよう——聞け、優れし者よ——それは真に、幾重もの供犠と苦行の積み重ねによってさえ得難い恩寵である。

Word by Word

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘वरम्’)

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्याः: you should give / may you give
• दद्याः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तम्: that (boon)
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय (also/even)

• आकर्णय: listen (to it)
• आकर्णय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√कर्णय्/कर्ण (धातु, causative sense)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तम्’/‘वरम्’)

• दुष्प्रापम्: hard to obtain
• दुष्प्रापम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्राप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘वरम्’)

• यज्ञ: sacrifices
• यज्ञ: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (member of compound)

• तपसाम्: of sacrifices and austerities
• तपसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; समासः: यज्ञ + तपस् (sacrifices and austerities)

• राशिभिः: by heaps/masses
• राशिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• परमार्थतः: truly, in reality
• परमार्थतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परमार्थतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘in the highest sense/truly’

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva leans slightly forward as if revealing a secret, announcing a boon rare even for great sacrificers and ascetics; Revā listens intently, the river stilled as if holding its breath.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Narmadā
• Yajña
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace at a tīrtha can grant what even great ritual and austerity may not easily secure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā is the context, as Śiva announces an exceptional tīrtha-related boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; yajña and tapas are referenced as comparative spiritual efforts.