Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

प्रसन्नो मावदत्पश्चाद्वरं वरय सुव्रत

Transliteration

prasanno māvadatpaścādvaraṃ varaya suvrata

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਵਰ ਮੰਗ, ਹੇ ਸੁਵ੍ਰਤ (ਉੱਤਮ ਵਰਤ ਵਾਲੇ)!”

Word by Word

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; √सद्/सद्-भावे इति धात्वर्थ-सम्भवः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit subject: महादेवः)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• अवदत्: said/spoke
• अवदत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

• वरय: choose
• वरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; √वृ—वरणे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन-विशेषण

Speaker

Unnamed narrator reporting Mahādeva’s words

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘suvrata’ (noble-vowed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, now manifest and benevolent, addresses the devotee with raised hand in boon-giving gesture (varada-mudrā); the devotee kneels at the riverbank shrine; atmosphere of calm grace.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise and devotion culminate in divine grace—Śiva becomes pleased and offers a boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is narrative and does not name a tirtha; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotion-centered sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is devotional stuti that leads to prasāda (divine favor).