Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

आंजनेयो यदास्माकं न दास्यति समीहितम् । अनाहारव्रतेनैव प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामहे वयम्

Transliteration

āṃjaneyo yadāsmākaṃ na dāsyati samīhitam | anāhāravratenaiva prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmahe vayam

Translation

اگر آنجنیہ (ہنومان جی) ہمیں ہماری مطلوبہ مراد نہ دیں، تو ہم صرف روزۂ انقطاعِ طعام کے ورت سے ہی اپنی جانیں ترک کر دیں گے۔

Word by Word

• āṃjaneyaḥ: Āñjaneya (Hanumān)
• āṃjaneyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṃjaneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• asmākam: to us / of us
• asmākam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural pronoun)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samīhitam: the desired (thing)
• samīhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-īh (धाातु) + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (object)

• anāhāra-vratena: by a fast (vow of no food)
• anāhāra-vratena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: an-āhāra-vrata (प्रातिपदिक; अन् + आहार + व्रत)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणत्वे (by means of)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• prāṇān: life-breaths, lives
• prāṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• tyakṣyāmahe: we shall abandon
• tyakṣyāmahe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धाातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Devotees/petitioners (collective voice within the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of petitioners before a Hanumān shrine, hands folded, declaring a severe fast; lamps flicker; offerings remain untouched; faces show fierce resolve and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Āñjaneya (Hanumān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unwavering resolve in devotion (bhakti) and austerity (vrata) is portrayed as a force that compels divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Dharmāraṇya sacred narrative stream; the immediate focus is the deity Āñjaneya rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anāhāra-vrata—fasting as a vow undertaken for attaining a desired spiritual or worldly outcome.