Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भोभो ब्रूहि महाभाग यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । दाता ह्यहमसंदेहो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

bhobho brūhi mahābhāga yatte manasi vartate | dātā hyahamasaṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurlabham

Translation

“اے نہایت بخت ور! جو کچھ تیرے دل میں ہے، بیان کر۔ میں بے شک عطا کرنے والا ہوں—کوئی شک نہیں—اگرچہ وہ نہایت دشوار الحصول ہو۔”

Word by Word

• bhobho: O! O!
• bhobho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् भागः यस्य)

• yat: what
• yat: Karma (Object of ‘tell’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (genitive singular) / दत्तिव (4th) एकवचन रूपसाम्य; अत्र षष्ठी (of you)

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

• vartate: exists, is present
• vartate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• dātā: giver
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

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

• asaṃdehaḥ: without doubt
• asaṃdehaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (negated: ‘without doubt’)

• yadi: even if / if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• syāt: might be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sudurlabham: very difficult to obtain
• sudurlabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva/Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience seeking Revā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, pleased, addresses the tapasvī with compassionate authority, inviting the devotee to state the desire; the moment is calm, intimate, and charged with promise.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Agni (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace follows sincere austerity; the Lord invites the devotee to articulate dharmic desire and promises fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā setting is the sacred backdrop where such boons are revealed in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it marks the fruition (phala) of tapas and devotion.