Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सा वव्रे मम पुत्रोऽस्तु भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादतः । शूरः शस्त्रैरवध्यश्च विप्रदानवरूपधृक्

Transliteration

sā vavre mama putro'stu bhagavaṃstvatprasādataḥ | śūraḥ śastrairavadhyaśca vipradānavarūpadhṛk

Translation

นางทูลขอพรว่า “ข้าแต่ภควาน ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ ขอให้ข้ามีบุตรผู้กล้าหาญ มิอาจถูกอาวุธทำลาย และสามารถแปลงกายเป็นทั้งพราหมณ์และทานวะได้”

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• वव्रे: chose/asked for
• वव्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी; एकवचन; (genitive of 1st person pronoun)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject of ‘अस्तु’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अस्तु: may there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Wish/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन); एकवचन

• त्वत्प्रसादतः: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (due to/from your grace)

• शूरः: brave
• शूरः: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘पुत्रः’)

• शस्त्रैः: by weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन

• अवध्यः: invulnerable
• अवध्यः: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + वध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (not to be slain)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• विप्रदानवरूपधृक्: bearing the guise of a Brahmin and a demon
• विप्रदानवरूपधृक्: Visheshana (Adjectival to subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र + दानव + रूप + धृ (धातु) + क्विप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त (धृक् = धारयिता); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (bearing the form of a Brahmin and a demon)

Speaker

Ramā (quoted within Sūta’s narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, hands folded, states her boon before Śiva: a heroic son, weapon-invulnerable, capable of assuming brāhmaṇa and dānava forms; Śiva listens in calm varada posture.

Characters & Entities

• Ramā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons reflect the seeker’s intention; Purāṇas warn that extraordinary powers can shape destiny and must align with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the background narrative that supports the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the request follows prolonged tapas and worship described earlier.