Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

वरं यदि प्रदातासि तदेनं प्रवृणीमहे । आस्माकीनमिदं स्थानं न हि त्याज्यं कथंचन

Transliteration

varaṃ yadi pradātāsi tadenaṃ pravṛṇīmahe | āsmākīnamidaṃ sthānaṃ na hi tyājyaṃ kathaṃcana

Translation

Jika Engkau hendak mengurniakan anugerah, maka inilah yang kami pilih: tempat ini milik kami, janganlah sekali-kali ditinggalkan dengan apa jua cara pun.

Word by Word

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

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-सम्बन्धक (conditional particle: if)

• प्रदातासि: you grant
• प्रदातासि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: दा, उपसर्ग: प्र; ‘you give/you will grant’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेतार्थक (that)

• एनम्: this (boon)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/एनद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘him/this (one)’

• प्रवृणीमहे: we choose/request
• प्रवृणीमहे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; धातु: वॄ (वरणे ‘to choose’), उपसर्ग: प्र

• आस्माकीनम्: belonging to us
• आस्माकीनम्: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कीन (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्धित-प्रत्यय (कीन) = ‘belonging to us’; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्थानम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• त्याज्यम्: to be abandoned
• त्याज्यम्: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्याज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √त्यज् से)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे -य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be abandoned)

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Dvijottamāḥ (requesting Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees, having praised Sūrya, request a boon: that their sacred place never be abandoned. The scene shows earnest supplication, hands folded, with the deity’s radiance blessing the ground as if ‘anchoring’ presence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Sthāna (Jayāditya-sthāna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon sought by devotees is not worldly gain but enduring divine presence that sanctifies a place for all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jayāditya-sthāna, requested to be permanently upheld by Sūrya’s continued presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A boon-request (vara-yācñā) is expressed: establishment and non-abandonment of the sacred site.