Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अब्रवीद्वत्स भद्रं ते वरं वरय सुव्रत

Transliteration

abravīdvatsa bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya suvrata

Translation

ພຣະອາທິດກ່າວວ່າ: “ລູກເອີຍ ຂໍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າມີມົງຄຸນ. ຜູ້ມີວັດຕະປະຕິບັດດີເອີຍ ຈົ່ງເລືອກພອນເຖີດ.”

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Prayojana/Asirvada (Benediction/आशीर्वाद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage: ‘good (be)’)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; ‘to/for you’ sense in blessing

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वरय: choose
• वरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुव्रत: O virtuous one
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्य = of good vows)

Speaker

Sahasrāṃśu / Bhāskara (Sūrya), deduced from immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya speaks tenderly—‘vatsa’—offering a boon; Citra stands or kneels in reverence, bathed in golden rays.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Bhāskara/Sahasrāṃśu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is joined with disciplined vows, divine grace responds directly—inviting the devotee to align desires with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon-giving episode is situated within the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; the verse marks the culmination of prior stuti leading to vara-pradāna (granting of a boon).