Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते वरदोऽहं तवानघ । यमिच्छसि ददाम्यद्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varado'haṃ tavānagha | yamicchasi dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Īśvara phán: “Hãy chọn một ân huệ; cầu điều lành đến với ngươi. Hỡi người vô tội, Ta là đấng ban ân cho ngươi. Điều gì ngươi mong, hôm nay Ta ban; nơi đây không cần do dự.”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वृणीष्व: choose
• वृणीष्व: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Karma (Idiomatic object: blessing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक-प्रयोग (benedictive expression)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/for you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र चतुर्थी-अर्थे (for you)

• वरदः: the boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Predicate nominative/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यम्: which (boon)
• यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (correlative with इच्छसि)

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense: here/in this matter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• कार्या: to be done/necessary
• कार्या: Karta (Predicate nominative of implied ‘विचारणा’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• विचारणा: deliberation/consideration
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks compassionately to the prostrate devotee: ‘Choose a boon’; His hand raised in varada-mudrā, face serene yet powerful, aura luminous; the devotee looks up with folded hands, ready to ask.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion matures through discipline, the Lord responds with immediate grace and the freedom to ask a boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon-dialogue unfolds within the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape where Śiva’s presence is especially near to devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it is the divine assurance of boon (vara) as the fruit of prior worship.