Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अयमेव वरो मह्यं देयो देवैः सुतोषितैः । स्थानलोपो यथा न स्याद्यथा कीर्तिर्भवेन्मम

Transliteration

ayameva varo mahyaṃ deyo devaiḥ sutoṣitaiḥ | sthānalopo yathā na syādyathā kīrtirbhavenmama

Translation

పూర్తిగా సంతుష్టులైన దేవతలచే నాకు ఇవ్వవలసిన వరం ఇదొక్కటే—ఈ పవిత్రస్థానానికి లయము గాని హాని గాని కలగకూడదు; నా కీర్తి చిరస్థాయిగా నిలవాలి।

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

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

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• देयः: to be given, grantable
• देयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धाातु) + ya (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भविष्यत्कर्मणि-योग्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वरः’ इति विशेषण

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• सुतोषितैः: well-pleased, fully satisfied
• सुतोषितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + tuṣ (धातु) + ita (क्त) → sutoṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘देवैः’ इति विशेषण

• स्थानलोपः: loss of place/position
• स्थानलोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + lopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्थानस्य लोपः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (conjunction/adverb: ‘so that/as’)

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

• स्यात्: may be, should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (so that)

• कीर्तिः: fame, renown
• कीर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: may become, may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing Nārada (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage) addressed in the surrounding narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/devotee petitions the assembled gods for a single boon: that the sacred place never declines and that his renown endure as its protector.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protecting and preserving a sacred place is itself a dharmic boon, yielding lasting kīrti (honorable renown).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; it speaks generally of preserving the sanctity and continuity of the “sthāna.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal boon-request: that the sacred station not deteriorate (sthānalopa-abhāva) and that merit-bearing renown arise.