Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । भोभोः कुमारास्तुष्टोऽहं प्रदास्यामि यथेप्सितम् । भविष्यथ ज्ञानयुता अस्पृष्टा मम मायया

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | bhobhoḥ kumārāstuṣṭo'haṃ pradāsyāmi yathepsitam | bhaviṣyatha jñānayutā aspṛṣṭā mama māyayā

Translation

世尊曰：“噫，诸位少壮仙贤，我已欢喜满足；当赐予汝等所愿。汝等将具足真实智慧，不为我之摩耶（māyā）所染所触。”

Word by Word

• śrībhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrībhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारयः—śrī + bhagavat)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधन-पूर्वक वक्तृ-निर्देशः

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• bhoḥ: O!
• bhoḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• kumārāḥ: boys/young sages
• kumārāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pradāsyāmi: I will grant
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थक (as/according to)

• ipsitam: the desired (boon)
• ipsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ipsita (कृदन्त; √āp/√īps धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘यथेप्सितम्’ = यथा + इप्सितम्

• bhaviṣyatha: you will become
• bhaviṣyatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jñānayutāḥ: endowed with knowledge
• jñānayutāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñāna-yuta (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुषः—jñāna + yuta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘यूयम्/कुमाराः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• aspṛṣṭāḥ: untouched
• aspṛṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-spṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √spṛś धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) नकार-निषेधपूर्वक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘कुमाराः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• māyayā: by (my) illusion/power
• māyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhagavān speaks: his face luminous with approval; sages—youthful yet radiant—bow as the boon of jñāna is conferred, symbolized by a subtle aura or lotus-light around their heads.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kumāras
• Māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace grants jñāna, and true knowledge culminates in being unbound by māyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred narrative setting, where Viṣṇu appears and grants boons to sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse records the Lord’s boon and spiritual assurance.