Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

आंजनेयो यदास्माकं न दास्यति समीहितम् । अनाहारव्रतेनैव प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामहे वयम्

Transliteration

āṃjaneyo yadāsmākaṃ na dāsyati samīhitam | anāhāravratenaiva prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmahe vayam

Translation

ଯଦି ଆଞ୍ଜନେୟ (ହନୁମାନ) ଆମ ଇଚ୍ଛିତ ଫଳ ଦେବେ ନାହିଁ, ତେବେ ଆମେ ଅନାହାର‑ବ୍ରତ ଦ୍ୱାରା ହିଁ ପ୍ରାଣତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବୁ।

Word by Word

• āṃjaneyaḥ: Āñjaneya (Hanumān)
• āṃjaneyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṃjaneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• asmākam: to us / of us
• asmākam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural pronoun)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samīhitam: the desired (thing)
• samīhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-īh (धाातु) + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (object)

• anāhāra-vratena: by a fast (vow of no food)
• anāhāra-vratena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: an-āhāra-vrata (प्रातिपदिक; अन् + आहार + व्रत)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणत्वे (by means of)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• prāṇān: life-breaths, lives
• prāṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• tyakṣyāmahe: we shall abandon
• tyakṣyāmahe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धाातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Devotees/petitioners (collective voice within the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of petitioners before a Hanumān shrine, hands folded, declaring a severe fast; lamps flicker; offerings remain untouched; faces show fierce resolve and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Āñjaneya (Hanumān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unwavering resolve in devotion (bhakti) and austerity (vrata) is portrayed as a force that compels divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Dharmāraṇya sacred narrative stream; the immediate focus is the deity Āñjaneya rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anāhāra-vrata—fasting as a vow undertaken for attaining a desired spiritual or worldly outcome.