Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

देवत्वं च मया प्राप्तं समर्थोऽहं द्विजोत्तम । वरं ददामि ते विप्र गृहाण त्वं वरं शुभम्

Transliteration

devatvaṃ ca mayā prāptaṃ samartho'haṃ dvijottama | varaṃ dadāmi te vipra gṛhāṇa tvaṃ varaṃ śubham

Translation

“ข้าได้บรรลุภาวะเทวะและบัดนี้มีกำลังอำนาจแล้ว โอ้ทวิชโอตตมะ โอ้พราหมณ์ ข้าขอประทานพรแก่ท่าน จงรับพรอันเป็นมงคลนี้เถิด”

Word by Word

• देवत्वम्: divinity, godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• मया: by me / I (as agent)
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, attained
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप्/√प्राप् (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); (अर्थे) ‘has been obtained’

• समर्थः: capable
• समर्थः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तम: O best Brahmin
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गृहाण: accept, take
• गृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of वरम्)

Speaker

Paryuṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haripriyā-tīrtha (implied causal locus)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (the sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liberated Paryuṣita, now divine and capable, offers an auspicious boon to the brāhmaṇa sage in gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Paryuṣita
• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic service done for others yields reciprocal spiritual benefit—blessings and boons arise from righteous acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon-offer is a consequence of rites tied to Haripriya Tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it underscores the phala (result) of properly performed śrāddha at a praised tīrtha.