Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । यावद्विप्रो न चास्माकं कुप्यते परमेश्वर । तावद्वरं प्रयच्छाशु यदि चेच्छसि मत्प्रियम्

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | yāvadvipro na cāsmākaṃ kupyate parameśvara | tāvadvaraṃ prayacchāśu yadi cecchasi matpriyam

Translation

ปารวตีทูลว่า “ข้าแต่ปรเมศวร ตราบใดที่พราหมณ์ผู้นี้ยังไม่กริ้วต่อเรา ขอพระองค์โปรดประทานพรแก่เขาโดยเร็ว หากพระองค์ปรารถนาจะให้เป็นที่พอใจแก่ข้าพเจ้า”

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उवाच
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative) — ‘यावत्… तावत्…’ (as long as… so long…)

• विप्रः: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुप्यते: becomes angry
• कुप्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• तावत्: so long, until then
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative) — ‘so long/then’

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

• प्रयच्छ: grant
• प्रयच्छ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु) → प्रयच्छ (यच्छ-आदेश)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — शीघ्रार्थे

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Condition (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मत्प्रियम्: what is dear to me
• मत्प्रियम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बन्ध) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘मम प्रियम्’

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tirtha-zone

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī urgently advises Śiva to grant a boon before the brāhmaṇa’s anger arises—her protective, persuasive posture contrasts with Śiva’s calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Parameśvara)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor and promptly appease the righteous; delay can allow anger to harden into a cause of curse or lasting consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa milieu is in view; this verse is a narrative pivot leading toward a place-name/mahātmya episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it recommends swift bestowal of a boon as a dharmic response.