Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शृणुष्वैकमना भूत्वा गृहाण वरमुत्तमम् । विष्णुवर्जं प्रदास्यामि यत्तवाभिमतं प्रियम्

Transliteration

śṛṇuṣvaikamanā bhūtvā gṛhāṇa varamuttamam | viṣṇuvarjaṃ pradāsyāmi yattavābhimataṃ priyam

Translation

Ouve com a mente unificada e aceita esta dádiva excelsa. Excetuando Viṣṇu, conceder-te-ei aquilo que te é caro e desejado.

Word by Word

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• एकमनाḥ: single-minded
• एकमनाḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• गृहाण: accept/take
• गृहाण: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

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

• उत्तमम्: best, excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying वरम्)

• विष्णुवर्जम्: excluding Viṣṇu
• विष्णुवर्जम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु + वर्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (exclusion: ‘excluding Viṣṇu’)

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant/give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

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

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभिमतम्: desired, approved
• अभिमतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + मन् (धातु) → अभिमत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying यत्)

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying यत्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn boon-granting moment: Maheśvara addresses an asura with calm authority, instructing him to listen single-pointedly and offering an ‘excellent boon’ with a clear exception—Viṣṇu.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power is granted with constraints; attentive listening and right reception of divine words are emphasized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; the chapter belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa tradition linked with the Revā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.