Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वरं वरय मे वत्स पन्नग त्वं कृतादर

Transliteration

varaṃ varaya me vatsa pannaga tvaṃ kṛtādara

Translation

शिव म्हणाले—वत्सा! माझ्याकडून वर माग. हे पन्नगा! तू आदर दाखविलास; जे तुला अभिष्ट आहे ते सांग—माझ्याकडून वर प्राप्त कर।

Word by Word

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• वरय: choose/ask (for)
• वरय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मे: of me/from me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (gen. sg.) / चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन (dat. sg.); अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (of me)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• पन्नग: O serpent
• पन्नग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• कृतादर: O respectful one
• कृतादर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-आदर (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (voc. sg.); विशेषणम् (one who has shown respect)

Speaker

Īśvara/Śiva (Jagadguru), implied

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhya-vara-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The nāga (pannaga) devotee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands before the ascetic nāga, compassionate and paternal, offering a boon; the devotee rises from meditation, awed, ready to speak his wish.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Pannaga (serpent/Vāsuki)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is sustained with reverence, Śiva responds with grace, inviting the devotee to articulate a dharmic desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is the boon-dialogue resulting from Vindhya tapas; the chapter’s tīrtha climax comes with Revā instruction shortly after.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it marks the moment of boon-offering after completed austerity.