Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

सुहृदय उवाच । यदि देयो वरो मह्यं तदेनं प्रवृणोम्यहम् । सर्वविघ्नविनिर्मुक्तो विजयः सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

suhṛdaya uvāca | yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ tadenaṃ pravṛṇomyaham | sarvavighnavinirmukto vijayaḥ siddhimāpnuyāt

Translation

สุหฤทยะกล่าวว่า “หากจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าขอเลือกพรนี้: ขอให้วิชัยพ้นจากอุปสรรคทั้งปวง และบรรลุความสำเร็จอันสมบูรณ์”

Word by Word

• सुहृदयः: Suhṛdaya (name)/the kind-hearted one
• सुहृदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु + हृदयः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• देयः: to be given
• देयः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; 'to be given'

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• तत्: then/thereupon
• तत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (correlative particle)

• एनम्: this (boon)/it
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/एनद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• प्रवृणोमि: I choose
• प्रवृणोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सर्वविघ्नविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all obstacles
• सर्वविघ्नविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-विघ्न-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला): सर्वेभ्यः विघ्नेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः; कृदन्त: विनि-√मुच् + क्त

• विजयः: victory
• विजयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suhṛdaya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Suhṛdaya, calm and compassionate, declines self-centered boons and asks that Vijaya be freed from all obstacles and attain complete success; nāgas listen approvingly.

Characters & Entities

• Suhṛdaya
• Vijaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest use of divine favor is altruistic—seeking another’s welfare and unobstructed success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a spoken boon-choice (vara-vṛṇīte) rather than a ritual instruction.