Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
अब्रवीत्तं महादेवो वरदोस्मीति पार्थिव
Transliteration
abravīttaṃ mahādevo varadosmīti pārthiva
Translation
മഹാദേവൻ ആ പാർഥിവനോടു പറഞ്ഞു— “ഹേ രാജാവേ, ഞാൻ വരദാതാവാണ്.”
Word by Word
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तम्to him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
महादेवःMahādeva
महादेवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + देव (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)
वरदःgiver of boons
वरदः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर + द (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वरं ददाति इति)
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Vacana-parisamapti (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)
पार्थिवO king
पार्थिव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Not specified in excerpt
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva, calm and majestic, addresses the king directly: ‘I am the giver of boons,’ with a raised hand in abhaya/varada mudrā.
Characters & Entities
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Mahādeva (Śiva)FAQs
Śiva responds to sincere practice by offering grace, signaling that divine compassion meets disciplined devotion.
The Siddheśvara milieu within Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where Śiva’s boon-giving presence is narrated.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is the boon-offering moment following tapas and worship.