Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इंद्र उवाच । वरं वरय भद्रं ते राजन्यन्मनसीप्सितम् । त्वां दृष्ट्वा भक्तिसंयुक्तमागतोऽहमसंशयम्

Transliteration

iṃdra uvāca | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te rājanyanmanasīpsitam | tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktisaṃyuktamāgato'hamasaṃśayam

Translation

သိကြားမင်းက "အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဆုတစ်ပါးကို တောင်းယူလော့။ သင့်အား ကောင်းကျိုးချမ်းသာ ဖြစ်ထွန်းပါစေ။ သင့်စိတ်နှလုံး အလိုရှိရာကို တောင်းလော့။ သင့်တွင် ဆည်းကပ်ကိုးကွယ်မှု ရှိသည်ကို မြင်၍ ငါသည် ဤနေရာသို့ မုချ ရောက်လာ၏" ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• वरय: choose
• वरय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √वृ (to choose)

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Prayojana/Asirvacana (Benediction/आशीर्वचन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• मनसि: in (your) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: कृत (past passive participle sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यत्)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having seen)

• भक्तिसंयुक्तम्: endowed with devotion
• भक्तिसंयुक्तम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भक्त्या संयुक्तः); विशेषणम् (त्वाम्)

• आगतः: come
• आगतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), निश्चयार्थे (certainly/without doubt)

Speaker

Indra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ambārīṣa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra speaks compassionately yet majestically to Ambārīṣa, right hand raised in boon-giving gesture; the king listens with folded hands, devotion evident.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Ambārīṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) draws divine attention; the gods respond by offering aid, yet the devotee’s discernment determines what is worth asking.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred-region narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames the granting of a boon (vara) in response to devotion.