Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
वरं वृणीष्व ते दद्मि ह्यमरत्वमृते मम
Transliteration
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi hyamaratvamṛte mama
Translation
“کوئی ور مانگ لو؛ میں تمہیں عطا کروں گا—مگر اَمَرتا کے سوا، کیونکہ وہ میرے عطیے سے ماورا ہے۔”
Word by Word
वरम्a boon
वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
वृणीष्वchoose
वृणीष्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दद्मिI give
दद्मि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
हिindeed; for
हि:
Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)
अमरत्वम्immortality
अमरत्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक; अमर + त्व)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
ऋतेexcept; without
ऋते:
Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपपद-निपात (prepositional particle) — ‘except/without’ (takes ablative/genitive)
ममof me; for me
मम:
Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: null
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva raises a hand in varada while calmly stating the exception—immortality cannot be granted; Karañja listens attentively, poised to choose a dhārmic boon.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaFAQs
Even divine boons operate within cosmic order; mortality remains a boundary that upholds dharma and time.
The Revā-region tīrtha narrative continues; the tīrtha’s sanctity is linked to the boon-event.
None explicitly—this verse sets the theological limit on boons (immortality excluded).