Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रार्थयामि वरं दिव्यं यो मे मनसि वर्तते । परं स निश्चयं कृत्वा सोऽन्धको निर्गतो गृहात्

Transliteration

prārthayāmi varaṃ divyaṃ yo me manasi vartate | paraṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā so'ndhako nirgato gṛhāt

Translation

“เราจักทูลขอพรทิพย์ที่สถิตอยู่ในดวงใจเรา” ครั้นตั้งปณิธานมั่นแล้ว อันธกะก็ออกจากเรือน

Word by Word

• प्रार्थयामि: I request
• प्रार्थयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+√अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense (णिच्) — 'I request'

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of requesting

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying 'varam'

• यः: which (boon)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to 'varaḥ'

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (enclitic); Genitive — 'my'

• मनसि: in the mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative — 'in (my) mind'

• वर्तते: abides
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'exists/abides'

• परम्: then
• परम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative) — 'then/thereupon'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निश्चयम्: a resolve
• निश्चयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of 'kṛtvā'

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — 'having done/made'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अन्धकः: Andhaka
• अन्धकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निर्गतः: went out
• निर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्+√गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'gone out' (past passive participle used actively)

• गृहात्: from the house
• गृहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; Ablative — 'from the house'

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka steps out from his residence, resolute, setting out toward the sacred river; the road ahead suggests destiny and austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner intention (what ‘abides in the mind’) shapes spiritual striving; determination precedes transformative practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it leads into the Revā riverbank setting associated with Śūlabheda-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse signals the start of a tapas-journey to obtain a boon.