Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

वरं च व्रियतां वत्स परितुष्टोऽस्मि तेऽनघ । विनयात्सौहृदात्सर्वं दास्यामि यत्सुदुर्ल्लभम्

Transliteration

varaṃ ca vriyatāṃ vatsa parituṣṭo'smi te'nagha | vinayātsauhṛdātsarvaṃ dāsyāmi yatsudurllabham

Translation

จงเลือกพรเถิด ลูกเอ๋ย; โอ้ผู้ไร้มลทิน เราพอใจในตัวเจ้า ด้วยความอ่อนน้อมและไมตรีของเจ้า เราจักประทานแม้สิ่งที่ได้มายากยิ่ง

Word by Word

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• व्रियताम्: may (it) be chosen / choose
• व्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'let it be chosen')

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• परितुष्टः: pleased
• परितुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: of you / toward you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive) एकवचन (also possible चतुर्थी; here genitive: 'of/with respect to you')

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• विनयात्: from/owing to humility
• विनयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• सौहृदात्: from/owing to friendship
• सौहृदात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहृद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• सुदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha faces a respectful youth (Nandivardhana), who stands with folded hands; the sage’s right hand is raised in boon-giving gesture; the setting suggests an āśrama or royal courtyard, suffused with calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nandivardhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and sincere goodwill invite grace; spiritual authority responds by granting even rare attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the Arbuda sacred region: the boon that follows is tied to establishing lasting sanctity and presence at the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it is a boon-invitation (vara-vṛtti) within the narrative.