Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
मया च वरदानेन च्छन्दयित्वा निवारितः
Transliteration
mayā ca varadānena cchandayitvā nivāritaḥ
Translation
Và bởi ta—nhờ ban cho một ân huệ—hắn được xoa dịu và bị ngăn giữ lại.
Word by Word
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; एकवचनम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
वर-दानॆनby the granting of a boon
वर-दानॆन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘वरस्य दानम्’/‘वरदानम्’ = boon-giving); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, एकवचनम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental singular)
च्छन्दयित्वाhaving appeased/induced consent
च्छन्दयित्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootछन्दय् (धातु, causative of छन्द्/छद् ‘to please/consent’) + क्त्वा
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund); ‘having caused (him) to consent/appeased’
निवारितःwas restrained/prevented
निवारितः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-वार् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle/क्त) क्रियावत्; पुल्लिङ्गः, एकवचनम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; (सः) निवारितः = ‘was restrained/prevented’
Speaker
Brahmā (Svayambhū), speaking to the Devas
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devas
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brahmā admits that by granting a boon he appeased and restrained the demon—an act of pacification that later becomes part of the problem.
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāV
Vara (boon)FAQs
Power must be governed wisely; even divine boons can create complex karmic and cosmic consequences requiring later correction.
None; the verse concerns varadāna (boon-giving) within the narrative.
None.