Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अदेयमपि दास्यामि तुष्टोऽस्म्यद्योमया सह । किं तु सत्यवतां लोके सिद्धिर्न स्याच्च भूयसी

Transliteration

adeyamapi dāsyāmi tuṣṭo'smyadyomayā saha | kiṃ tu satyavatāṃ loke siddhirna syācca bhūyasī

Translation

แม้สิ่งที่ไม่ควรให้ เราก็จักให้; วันนี้เราพอใจในตัวเจ้าแล้ว. แต่ในโลกของผู้สัตย์จริง ย่อมไม่มีสิทธิ์ผลสำเร็จที่ล้ำเกินจนล่วงละเมิดธรรมะ.

Word by Word

• अदेयम्: not to be given / ungivable
• अदेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-deya (प्रातिपदिक; √dā/दा + यत् प्रत्यय, निषेध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘देय’ (to be given) का निषेध

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात—अपि (even/also)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तुष्टः: satisfied
• तुष्टः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ/तुष् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त—‘सन्तुष्ट’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• किम्: what? / but
• किम्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (निपातवत्) ‘किम्’—प्रश्न/आक्षेपार्थ

• तु: but / however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• सत्यवताम्: of the truthful
• सत्यवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘सत्यवत्’ = सत्ययुक्त

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• सिद्धिः: success / attainment
• सिद्धिः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध निपात

• स्यात्: would be / may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• भूयसी: greater / more abundant
• भूयसी: Kartā (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūyasī (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘अधिकतर/बहुत’

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara/Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon-giver (deva/ishvara-like figure) addresses a devotee at a riverbank tirtha, expressing pleasure yet affirming the boundary of dharma and truth.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Satya (truthfulness)
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is real, but it does not endorse unrighteous excess; truth and dharma set the measure of ‘siddhi’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Revā Māhātmya stream of the Skanda Purāṇa, tied to the sanctity of the Revā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on the ethical framework governing boon-granting.