Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच । वरं प्रयच्छसि यदि विप्रवर्य मदीप्सितम् । ममांगमतिदुर्गंधि शापाच्च नृपतेरभूत् । सुगन्धयितुं ब्रह्मर्षे तत्प्रसीद मुनीश्वर

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca | varaṃ prayacchasi yadi vipravarya madīpsitam | mamāṃgamatidurgaṃdhi śāpācca nṛpaterabhūt | sugandhayituṃ brahmarṣe tatprasīda munīśvara

Translation

യക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ വിപ്രവര്യാ! നിങ്ങൾ വരം നൽകുമെങ്കിൽ എനിക്ക് അഭീഷ്ടമായ വരം ദയചെയ്യുക. രാജശാപം മൂലം എന്റെ ദേഹം അത്യന്തം ദുർഗന്ധമുള്ളതായി മാറി. ഹേ ബ്രഹ്മർഷേ, ഹേ മുനീശ്വരാ! പ്രസന്നനായി എന്നെ സുഗന്ധിതനാക്കുക.

Word by Word

• यक्षः: Yakṣa
• यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (speaker tag)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

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

• प्रयच्छसि: you grant
• प्रयच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• यदि: if
• यदि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• विप्रवर्य: O best of brāhmaṇas
• विप्रवर्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘excellent brāhmaṇa’)

• मद्: my
• मद्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (‘my’)

• ईप्सितम्: desired (boon)
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘desired (thing)’

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अङ्गम्: body, limb
• अङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अति: very, excessively
• अति: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier)

• दुर्गन्धि: foul-smelling
• दुर्गन्धि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्गन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अङ्गम्)

• शापात्: from a curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (cause/source)

• च: and
• च: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नृपतेः: of the king
• नृपतेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• सुगन्धयितुम्: to make fragrant
• सुगन्धयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सुगन्धय् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• ब्रह्मर्षे: O brahmarṣi
• ब्रह्मर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘brahman-sage’)

• तत्: therefore
• तत्: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोग (particle-like ‘therefore/then’)

• प्रसीद: be gracious
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• मुनीश्वर: O lord of sages
• मुनीश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘lord of sages’)

Speaker

Yakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (tīrtha-jala referenced)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yakṣa, distressed and ashamed, stands before sage Agastya with folded hands, pleading for release from a foul-smelling curse; the setting evokes a sacred grove near a tīrtha in Ayodhyā.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• brahmarṣi
• nṛpati (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even curse-born afflictions can be purified through humility, right approach to sages, and divine-tīrtha grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Ayodhyā Māhātmya, the episode points toward a tīrtha-based purification, elaborated in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A boon-request for purification; the specific method (abhiṣeka with tīrtha-water) appears next.