Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 161

Devanagari script

त्वया दत्तं पुना राज्यं वासवस्य त्रिविष्टपे । तस्माद्वरय भद्रं ते वरं यन्मनसीप्सितम् । सर्वे देवाः प्रसन्नास्ते प्रदास्यंति न संशयः

Transliteration

tvayā dattaṃ punā rājyaṃ vāsavasya triviṣṭape | tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te varaṃ yanmanasīpsitam | sarve devāḥ prasannāste pradāsyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“พระองค์ทรงฟื้นฟูราชอำนาจของวาสวะในตรีวิษฏปะ (สวรรค์) อีกครั้ง ดังนั้น—ขอความสวัสดีจงมีแด่พระองค์—จงเลือกพรตามที่พระทัยปรารถนา เทพทั้งปวงพอพระทัยในพระองค์ และจักประทานให้โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย”

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-निर्देशः अप्रासङ्गिकः

• dattam: given
• dattam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘given’

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• vāsavasya: of Vāsava (Indra)
• vāsavasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• triviṣṭape: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• triviṣṭape: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति निपातवत्; हेत्वर्थे/तस्मादर्थे (therefore/from that)

• varaya: choose (a boon)
• varaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (वृञ्—वरणे धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhadram: good fortune
• bhadram: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Benediction/आशीः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक-प्रयोग (benediction)

• te: to you / for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• manasīpsitam: desired in (your) mind
• manasīpsitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक) + īpsita (आप्/ईप्स् धातु + kta)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनसः ईप्सितम्); कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘desired in the mind’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• prasannāḥ: pleased
• prasannāḥ: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pradāsyanti: will grant
• pradāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deva-gaṇas (the gods, collectively addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (prasāda-dāyaka Devi-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Vāsava) stands among the gods, acknowledging regained kingship in heaven; the assembly invites the Goddess to choose a boon; faces show relief and reverent eagerness to repay.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)
• Devāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine service culminates in grace: boons follow when the cosmos is protected and devotion is honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, where the boon-dialogue anchors the Goddess’s lasting relationship with the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse introduces the boon-bestowal (vara) motif central to many Mahātmyas.