Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भवतोर्हि प्रियं कृत्वा अनृणः स्यां सदा ह्यहम् । भवद्भ्यां दत्तमिच्छामि अभिधानं यथात्मनः

Transliteration

bhavatorhi priyaṃ kṛtvā anṛṇaḥ syāṃ sadā hyaham | bhavadbhyāṃ dattamicchāmi abhidhānaṃ yathātmanaḥ

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരുടെയും പ്രിയകാര്യങ്ങൾ ചെയ്ത് ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും നിങ്ങളുടെ കടത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായിരിക്കട്ടെ; അതിനാൽ എന്റെ വേണ്ടി നിങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും നൽകുന്ന യഥോചിത നാമം ഞാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• bhavatoḥ: of you two (honorific)
• bhavatoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; आदरार्थे ‘भवत्’

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• priyam: what is pleasing; a favor
• priyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• anṛṇaḥ: free of debt; not indebted
• anṛṇaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (aham)

• syām: may I be
• syām: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

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

• bhavadbhyām: by you two
• bhavadbhyām: Karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; आदरार्थे

• dattam: given (thing)
• dattam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दत्तम्’ = given (object)

• icchāmi: I desire
• icchāmi: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• abhidhānam: a name; designation
• abhidhānam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yathā: according to; as
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/Standard)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (according to/as)

• ātmanaḥ: of myself; my own
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

The son (later Barbarīka) speaking to his parents

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The youth speaks with folded hands, expressing desire to repay parental love and requesting a name bestowed by both; parents poised to confer blessing; atmosphere of a naming-samskāra in the forest.

Characters & Entities

• parents
• son (later Barbarīka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to parents is portrayed as a sacred repayment of ṛṇa (debt), aligning personal identity (name) with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the naming (nāmakaraṇa) ethos appears, though no formal procedure is described.