Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टो महादेव वरदोऽसि सुरेश्वर । दुर्लभं सर्वभूतानाममरत्वं प्रयच्छ मे

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva varado'si sureśvara | durlabhaṃ sarvabhūtānāmamaratvaṃ prayaccha me

Translation

หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัย โอ้มหาเทวะ โอ้จอมแห่งเทพทั้งหลาย ผู้ประทานพร—ขอโปรดประทานความเป็นอมตะแก่ข้า ซึ่งหาได้ยากยิ่งสำหรับสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-सम्बन्धक (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर-द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वरं ददाति)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुरेश्वर: O Lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि भूतानि)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर-त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (त्व)

• प्रयच्छ: grant
• प्रयच्छ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+यम्/यच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speaker

Vibhīṣaṇa (deduced from immediate context of Adhyāya 168)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The rākṣasa, emboldened yet reverent, asks for immortality before Śiva; tension between awe and ambition is visible in posture and facial expression.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Sureśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the rarest attainments are sought through devotion and the grace of Śiva, the supreme giver of boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Aṅkūreśvara Tīrtha narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself is a petition (prārthanā) for a boon; no ritual act is prescribed here.