Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

वरं ददासि किं तेषां तादृशानां दुरात्मनाम् । जगतः स्वस्तये येषां न मनागपि चेष्टितम्

Transliteration

varaṃ dadāsi kiṃ teṣāṃ tādṛśānāṃ durātmanām | jagataḥ svastaye yeṣāṃ na manāgapi ceṣṭitam

Translation

अशा दुरात्म्यांना तुम्ही वर का देता, ज्यांनी जगाच्या कल्याणासाठी किंचितही प्रयत्न केलेला नाही?

Word by Word

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

• ददासि: you give
• ददासि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• किम्: why? / what?
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• तेषाम्: to/for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana/Adhikari (Recipient/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• तादृशानाम्: of such (people)
• तादृशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• दुरात्मनाम्: of the evil-souled
• दुरात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दुष्टः आत्मा येषाम् = 'evil-souled')

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• स्वस्तये: for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/benefit/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• मनाक्: even a little
• मनाक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनाक् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अल्पार्थक अव्यय (adverb: even a little)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; 'even'

• चेष्टितम्: effort, deed
• चेष्टितम्: Karma/भाव (Action-noun as predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्ट् (धातु) → चेष्टित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate nominal: 'there is no act/effort')

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (audience; internal: Śiva addressed by Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, earnest and composed, questions the logic of granting boons to durātmans who show no impulse toward the world’s welfare; Śiva’s face remains tranquil, suggesting a deeper cosmic principle behind apparent injustice.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values loka-svastyā (world-welfare); gifts of power without virtue raise serious ethical concerns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the sacred narrative arena for reflecting on dharma, boons, and cosmic welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a moral inquiry, not a ritual directive.