Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

वरेण छन्दयामास लोकपालान्महाबलान् । यो यमिच्छति कामं वै तं तं तस्य ददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

vareṇa chandayāmāsa lokapālānmahābalān | yo yamicchati kāmaṃ vai taṃ taṃ tasya dadāmyaham

Translation

त्यांनी वर देऊन त्या महाबली लोकपालांना संतुष्ट केले आणि म्हणाले—“तुमच्यापैकी जो जो जशी इच्छा करील, त्याला मी ती ती देईन.”

Word by Word

• vareṇa: by a boon
• vareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• chandayāmāsa: pleased/propitiated (by offering a boon)
• chandayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chand (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative): 'to gladden/please/offer choice'

• lokapālān: the Lokapālas
• lokapālān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + pāla (प्रातिपदिक); समास: लोकपाल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• mahābalān: mighty/very strong
• mahābalān: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bala (प्रातिपदिक); समास: महाबल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying लोकपालान्)

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• yam: whatever (which)
• yam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (correlative)

• icchati: desires
• icchati: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• kāmaṃ: desire/boon
• kāmaṃ: Karma (Object/desired thing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (emphatic particle)

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सहसंबन्ध (correlative to yaḥ)

• tam: that (very)
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• tasya: to him
• tasya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājendra) in narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva stands before the assembled Lokapālas, right hand raised in varada-mudrā, offering individualized boons; the guardians glow with renewed strength.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Lokapāla
• Vara (boon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace follows sustained tapas: Śiva, the boon-giver, rewards sincere effort and righteous intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implied setting is the Narmadā (Revā) bank where the Lokapālas’ tapas occurred.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights the boon-bestowing (varada) response of Śiva to austerity.