Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा सर्वमावेद्य देव्या दत्तं वरादिकम् । व्रतस्यार्धं कुमारं तं ददौ तस्मै धृतव्रतम्

Transliteration

ityuktvā sarvamāvedya devyā dattaṃ varādikam | vratasyārdhaṃ kumāraṃ taṃ dadau tasmai dhṛtavratam

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว นางได้เล่าทุกสิ่ง—ทั้งพรและพระกรุณาที่เทวีประทาน—แล้วมอบกุมารนั้น ผู้ประหนึ่งเป็น ‘ครึ่งผลแห่งวรตะ’ ของนาง ให้แก่พราหมณ์ผู้มั่นคงในศีลวัตร

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उक्त्वा = ‘having said’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• āvedya: having reported, having told
• āvedya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); आवेद्य = ‘having informed/related’

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• dattam: given
• dattam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: datta (प्रातिपदिक; √dā क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (वरादिकम्)

• vara-ādikam: boons and the like
• vara-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (वरः आदिः यस्य/वरादिकम् = boons etc.)

• vratasya: of the vow
• vratasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• ardham: half
• ardham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• kumāram: the boy
• kumāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• tam: him, that (boy)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• dhṛta-vratam: one who has undertaken the vow
• dhṛta-vratam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √dhṛ क्त) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (धृतं व्रतं येन) विशेषणम् (तस्मै/तम्)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not specified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā narrates Devī’s boon and ceremonially hands the boy to the vow-steady brāhmaṇa; the moment feels like a sacred offering rather than abandonment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows (vrata) bear fruit through divine grace, and that fruit is to be aligned with dharma—shared rightly with the worthy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata (religious vow/observance) is central; the verse implies the dharmic sharing of vow-fruit with a dhṛtavrata (vow-keeper).