Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

उवाच चैनं राजानमुर्वशी परमांगना । वरं दास्यंति गन्धर्वा मत्प्रीत्या तव भूपते

Transliteration

uvāca cainaṃ rājānamurvaśī paramāṃganā | varaṃ dāsyaṃti gandharvā matprītyā tava bhūpate

Translation

แล้วอุรวศี นางผู้เลิศในหมู่นารี กล่าวแก่พระราชานั้นว่า “ข้าแต่พระภูปติ เหล่าคันธรรพะจักประทานพรแก่พระองค์ ด้วยความรักที่มีต่อข้า”

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (him)

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• उर्वशी: Urvaśī
• उर्वशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• परमाङ्गना: the supreme woman
• परमाङ्गना: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमा + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (परमा अङ्गना)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• दास्यन्ति: will give
• दास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• गन्धर्वाः: the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• मत्प्रीत्या: by/through my pleasure (favor)
• मत्प्रीत्या: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम प्रीत्या)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (your)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Vocative singular)

Speaker

Urvāśī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Urvaśī addresses the king with poised compassion; behind her, a faintly visible Gandharva retinue suggests imminent boon-granting.

Characters & Entities

• Urvāśī
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the virtuous or the divine becomes a channel for grace, opening the door to blessings otherwise unattainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated within Setukhaṇḍa, tied to the sanctity of Setu and its sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated here; it introduces the granting of a boon by Gandharvas.