Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
वरांस्ते च प्रदास्यामो मा विचाल्या हि देवताः
Transliteration
varāṃste ca pradāsyāmo mā vicālyā hi devatāḥ
Translation
اور ہم تمہیں ور عطا کریں گے؛ بس دیوتاؤں کو بے چین یا مضطرب نہ کرنا۔
Word by Word
वरान्boons
वरान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन (plural)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन (enclitic)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
प्रदास्यामःwe shall give
प्रदास्यामः:
Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (दा धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः प्र-
माdo not
मा:
Pratiṣedha (Prohibition marker/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmā (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)
विचाल्याःmove away
विचाल्याः:
Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-cāl (चल् धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: चल्, उपसर्गः वि-; रूपम् ‘विचाल्याः’ (do not move)
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/causal particle)
देवताःthe deities
देवताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (देवता प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
Speaker
Brahmā (speaking on behalf of the divine triad; inferred from next verses naming Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The Trimūrti offer boons with raised hands in varada-mudrā, while signaling a boundary: the daitya must not harass the devas; the atmosphere is conciliatory yet firm.
Characters & Entities
D
Devatās (gods)V
Varas (boons)FAQs
Divine grace (vara) is aligned with restraint—boons are granted when one refrains from harming or unsettling the gods and dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is part of a moral-theological dialogue.
None; it is a conditional assurance of boons tied to right conduct.