Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

अथाह गौरी राजानं किं ते ब्रूहि समीहितम् । सोऽप्याह पुंस्त्वमेतस्य कृपया दीयतामिति

Transliteration

athāha gaurī rājānaṃ kiṃ te brūhi samīhitam | so'pyāha puṃstvametasya kṛpayā dīyatāmiti

Translation

Rồi Gaurī bảo nhà vua: “Hãy nói, điều ngươi mong cầu là gì?” Ông thưa: “Xin Người thương xót mà ban cho người ấy được nam tính.”

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Discourse/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• gaurī: Gaurī
• gaurī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rājānam: to the king
• rājānam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/कर्म), एकवचन

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूप (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (तव) ‘your’

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samīhitam: the desired (boon)
• samīhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīhita (प्रातिपदिक; √īh क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘desired thing’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) ‘also/even’

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• puṃstvam: manhood/male state
• puṃstvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃstva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• etasya: of this one (him)
• etasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• kṛpayā: by grace
• kṛpayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• dīyatām: let (it) be granted
• dīyatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) (passive)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive) ‘let it be given’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyānta (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Gaurī (question), then the King (reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambikā-bhavana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī, radiant and compassionate, addresses the king; he bows and requests that ‘manhood be granted to him’ through her mercy.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• King
• Beneficiary (etasyā—implied person)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is personal and responsive: the Goddess invites the devotee’s request, and boons are framed as gifts of compassion, not entitlement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The exchange occurs in the Goddess’s sacred presence (linked to Ambikā’s abode earlier), but no specific tīrtha name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the moment of requesting a boon after successful worship.