Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
सर्वं च सफलं तुभ्यं मा धर्मस्तेऽन्यथा भवेत् । ददामीति वरं तुभ्यं मन्यसे यदि चासुर
Transliteration
sarvaṃ ca saphalaṃ tubhyaṃ mā dharmaste'nyathā bhavet | dadāmīti varaṃ tubhyaṃ manyase yadi cāsura
Translation
تمہارے لیے سب کچھ بارآور ہو؛ تمہارا دھرم اپنے مقصود راستے سے نہ پھرے۔ اے اسور، اگر تم اسے یوں قبول کرتے ہو تو میں یہ ور تمہیں دیتا ہوں۔
Word by Word
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सफलम्fruitful, successful
सफलम्:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying सर्वम्)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
माdo not / lest
मा:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
भवेत्may become / should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
ददामिI give
ददामि:
Kriya (Quoted speech/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)
वरम्boon
वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
असुरO Asura
असुर:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva’s blessing expands: ‘May all be fruitful; may your dharma not become otherwise.’ The asura stands at a threshold—receiving power yet being warned by the very structure of the boon.
Characters & Entities
A
Asura (addressed)FAQs
Even when granting boons, Purāṇic theology upholds dharma as the regulating principle that restrains disorder.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.