Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सूर्य उवाच । वरं वरय विप्रर्षे यस्ते मनसि वर्तते । तुष्टोऽहं तव दास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

sūrya uvāca | varaṃ varaya viprarṣe yaste manasi vartate | tuṣṭo'haṃ tava dāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

พระสุริยะตรัสว่า: โอ้พราหมณ์ฤๅษี จงเลือกพรใดที่สถิตอยู่ในใจของท่าน เราพอพระทัยแล้ว จะประทานให้ แม้เป็นสิ่งที่ได้มายากยิ่งก็ตาม

Word by Word

• sūryaḥ: Sūrya (the Sun)
• sūryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• varaya: choose (ask for)
• varaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (वृ धातु, ‘choose’)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• vipra-ṛṣe: O brahmin-sage
• vipra-ṛṣe: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (विप्रः चासौ ऋषिः = brahmin-sage)

• yaḥ: which (boon)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject of vartate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• te: of you; your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• manasi: in (your) mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vartate: exists; is present
• vartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (वृत् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (तुष् धातु-क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tava: to you; for you
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• yadi api: even if
• yadi api: Sambandha (Clause connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-द्वय; शर्त/अपवादसूचक (concessive conditional: ‘even if’)

• syāt: may be; should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• su-durlabham: very difficult to obtain
• su-durlabham: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (varam इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Sūrya (Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmarṣi (contextually Nārada in the chapter’s dialogue flow)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, the radiant Sūrya addresses a brahmin-sage with a compassionate, commanding gesture of boon-giving; the horizon glows, suggesting the sea-coast tīrtha ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to devotion and can overturn even what seems unattainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting where worship leads to immediate divine favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the boon-granting moment following praise and darśana.