Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यान्यान्कामयते कामां स्तान्सर्वान्वितरत्यसौ । सर्वेभ्योऽपि स चार्थिभ्यो दानवानामधीश्वरः

Transliteration

yānyānkāmayate kāmāṃ stānsarvānvitaratyasau | sarvebhyo'pi sa cārthibhyo dānavānāmadhīśvaraḥ

Translation

ผู้คนปรารถนาสิ่งใด เขาก็ประทานสิ่งนั้นทั้งหมด; เจ้าแห่งทานวะผู้นั้นให้ทานแก่ผู้ขอทุกคนโดยไม่เว้นผู้ใด

Word by Word

• यान्: which
• यान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• यान्: which (all)
• यान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic/poetic)

• कामयते: desires
• कामयते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (धातु) (काङ्क्षायाम्) → कामयते (णिच्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; causative (णिच्): ‘desires’

• कामान्: desires/objects of desire
• कामान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; निर्देश (correlative)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of तान्)

• वितरति: distributes/grants
• वितरति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; दूरवाचक सर्वनाम

• सर्वेभ्यः: to all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी (4th/सम्प्रदान or 5th/अपादान), बहुवचन; अत्र ‘to all’ (चतुर्थी)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Emphasis/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक (also/even)

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अर्थिभ्यः: to supplicants
• अर्थिभ्यः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, बहुवचन; ‘petitioners’

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अधीश्वरः: overlord
• अधीश्वरः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: अधि-ईश्वरः = overlord); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of supplicants of many kinds approaches Bali; he gestures ‘granting’ with an open palm while attendants bring gifts; the scene conveys impartial distribution and overflowing stores.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Dānava
• Arthin (supplicants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ideal of open-handed giving is celebrated; yet Purāṇic teaching also implies that desire-fulfillment should be guided by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named; the focus is ethical (dāna) within the Kedāra-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General dāna to arthins (those who ask) is implied; no specific rite is detailed.