Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दास्यं तस्य वरा निष्टान्मनसाऽभीसिताञ्छुभान्

Transliteration

dāsyaṃ tasya varā niṣṭānmanasā'bhīsitāñchubhān

Translation

میں اسے بہترین عطائیں دوں گا—دل میں چاہی ہوئی نیک برکتیں جو پختہ طور پر پوری ہوں۔

Word by Word

• दास्यम्: servitude, service
• दास्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of implied ‘दास्यति/ददाति’

• तस्य: of him / to him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वराः: boons
• वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; subject of implied ‘दास्यं … (दास्यति)’ or ‘(दास्यं) … (दास्यति)’—elliptic construction

• निष्टान्: desired, chosen
• निष्टान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; qualifies शुभान् (or varān understood)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अभीसितान्: wished for, desired
• अभीसितान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + ईष् (धातु) → अभीसित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; qualifies शुभान्

• शुभान्: auspicious (things)
• शुभान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīśvara (Bhairava) tīrtha / Brahmakuṇḍa context

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity/mahādeva figure bestowing boons with an open palm (varada-mudrā) as a devotee stands with folded hands; the sacred pond (Brahmakuṇḍa) and a small shrine of Sāvitrīśvara in the background; atmosphere of auspicious fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Boons (Varas)
• Paurṇamāsī worship (context)
• Kuṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as responsive to sincere, rule-based worship, granting auspicious and fulfilled blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same kuṇḍa and liṅga worship setting in Prabhāsa-kṣetra described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states the fruit of the prescribed snāna and Paurṇamāsī liṅga-pūjā: Śiva grants desired auspicious boons.