Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दास्यं तस्य वरा निष्टान्मनसाऽभीसिताञ्छुभान्

Transliteration

dāsyaṃ tasya varā niṣṭānmanasā'bhīsitāñchubhān

Translation

เราจักประทานพรอันประเสริฐแก่เขา—พรอันเป็นมงคลที่ตั้งมั่นสำเร็จ สมดังที่ปรารถนาในดวงใจ

Word by Word

• दास्यम्: servitude, service
• दास्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of implied ‘दास्यति/ददाति’

• तस्य: of him / to him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वराः: boons
• वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; subject of implied ‘दास्यं … (दास्यति)’ or ‘(दास्यं) … (दास्यति)’—elliptic construction

• निष्टान्: desired, chosen
• निष्टान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; qualifies शुभान् (or varān understood)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अभीसितान्: wished for, desired
• अभीसितान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + ईष् (धातु) → अभीसित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; qualifies शुभान्

• शुभान्: auspicious (things)
• शुभान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīśvara (Bhairava) tīrtha / Brahmakuṇḍa context

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity/mahādeva figure bestowing boons with an open palm (varada-mudrā) as a devotee stands with folded hands; the sacred pond (Brahmakuṇḍa) and a small shrine of Sāvitrīśvara in the background; atmosphere of auspicious fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Boons (Varas)
• Paurṇamāsī worship (context)
• Kuṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as responsive to sincere, rule-based worship, granting auspicious and fulfilled blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same kuṇḍa and liṅga worship setting in Prabhāsa-kṣetra described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states the fruit of the prescribed snāna and Paurṇamāsī liṅga-pūjā: Śiva grants desired auspicious boons.