Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भोभो ब्रूहि महाभाग यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । दाता ह्यहमसंदेहो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

bhobho brūhi mahābhāga yatte manasi vartate | dātā hyahamasaṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

“ಓ ಮಹಾಭಾಗನೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಹೇಳು. ಅದು ಎಷ್ಟೇ ದುರ್ಳಭವಾದರೂ ನಾನು ನಿಸ್ಸಂದೇಹವಾಗಿ ನೀಡುವೆನು.”

Word by Word

• bhobho: O! O!
• bhobho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् भागः यस्य)

• yat: what
• yat: Karma (Object of ‘tell’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (genitive singular) / दत्तिव (4th) एकवचन रूपसाम्य; अत्र षष्ठी (of you)

• manasi: in (your) mind
• manasi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• vartate: exists, is present
• vartate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• dātā: giver
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• asaṃdehaḥ: without doubt
• asaṃdehaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (negated: ‘without doubt’)

• yadi: even if / if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• syāt: might be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sudurlabham: very difficult to obtain
• sudurlabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience seeking Revā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, pleased, addresses the tapasvī with compassionate authority, inviting the devotee to state the desire; the moment is calm, intimate, and charged with promise.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Agni (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace follows sincere austerity; the Lord invites the devotee to articulate dharmic desire and promises fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā setting is the sacred backdrop where such boons are revealed in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it marks the fruition (phala) of tapas and devotion.