Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वरं वृणीष्व ते दद्मि ह्यमरत्वमृते मम

Transliteration

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi hyamaratvamṛte mama

Translation

«Escolhe uma dádiva; eu a concederei a ti — exceto a imortalidade, que está além do que eu outorgo».

Word by Word

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

• वृणीष्व: choose
• वृणीष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दद्मि: I give
• दद्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक; अमर + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ऋते: except; without
• ऋते: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-निपात (prepositional particle) — ‘except/without’ (takes ablative/genitive)

• मम: of me; for me
• मम: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva raises a hand in varada while calmly stating the exception—immortality cannot be granted; Karañja listens attentively, poised to choose a dhārmic boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine boons operate within cosmic order; mortality remains a boundary that upholds dharma and time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-region tīrtha narrative continues; the tīrtha’s sanctity is linked to the boon-event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly—this verse sets the theological limit on boons (immortality excluded).