Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

द्वाभ्यामुक्तो गिरिवरो ददाव किं वरं तव । इत्युक्तः पर्वतस्ताभ्यां वरं वव्रे स मूढधीः

Transliteration

dvābhyāmukto girivaro dadāva kiṃ varaṃ tava | ityuktaḥ parvatastābhyāṃ varaṃ vavre sa mūḍhadhīḥ

Translation

เมื่อถูกทั้งสองทูลถาม ภูผาผู้ประเสริฐกล่าวว่า “เราจักประทานพรสิ่งใดแก่ท่าน?” ครั้นถูกกล่าวเช่นนั้น ภูเขาผู้มีปัญญาหลงมัวก็ได้เลือกขอพรหนึ่งประการ

Word by Word

• dvābhyām: by the two
• dvābhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचनार्थक-शब्द; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), द्विवचन

• uktaḥ: addressed/said (to)
• uktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (प्रातिपदिक; √vac (वच्) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• girivaraḥ: best of mountains
• girivaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गिरिणां वरः)

• dadāva: gave/offered
• dadāva: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• varam: boon
• varam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (प्रातिपदिक; √vac (वच्) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• parvataḥ: the mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), द्विवचन

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• vavre: chose/asked for
• vavre: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृ धातु; ‘वरणे’)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• mūḍhadhīḥ: one of deluded intellect
• mūḍhadhīḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (मूढा धीः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa) is addressed in nearby verses; the immediate audience is the royal interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic mountain personified as a regal being, addressed by two divine figures; the moment of offering a boon, with an undertone of ‘mūḍha-dhī’ (deluded choice) foreshadowing future events.

Characters & Entities

• Mandara (implied mountain)
• Hari
• Hara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even great beings may ask unwisely; purāṇas teach discernment (viveka) in seeking boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, explaining sacred developments tied to the mountain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on the narrative motif of granting and choosing boons.