Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

स्यामहं चामरैश्चैष वरो मम हृदिस्थितः । एतन्मे देहि देवेश नान्यं वै रोचये वरम्

Transliteration

syāmahaṃ cāmaraiścaiṣa varo mama hṛdisthitaḥ | etanme dehi deveśa nānyaṃ vai rocaye varam

Translation

स्यामहं चामरैरप्यवध्यः—एष वरो मम हृदिस्थितः। एतन्मे देहि देवेश, नान्यं वरं वै रोचये॥

Word by Word

• syām: may I be
• syām: Kriya (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• amaraiḥ: with the immortals (gods)
• amaraiḥ: Sahakarana (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• hṛdi-sthitaḥ: situated in (my) heart
• hṛdi-sthitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier of varaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (√sthā धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘situated’; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (in the heart)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriya (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of gods)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• anyam: another (boon)
• anyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• rocaye: I desire/choose
• rocaye: Kriya (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ruc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (causative-like sense ‘I choose/approve’)

• varam: boon
• varam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Tāraka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya, unwavering, presses for a single boon—invulnerability even against gods—addressing the lord of gods with intense insistence.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Amaras (Devas)
• Deveśa (Lord of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded desire for power, when detached from righteousness, becomes bondage; Purāṇic stories show how such boons invite their own remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct petition for a boon.