Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

एतावहं च भगवन्भवच्चरणकिंकराः । समुद्धरास्मिन्पतितान्घोरे दारिद्र्यसागरे

Transliteration

etāvahaṃ ca bhagavanbhavaccaraṇakiṃkarāḥ | samuddharāsminpatitānghore dāridryasāgare

Translation

„Diese beiden und ich, o Erhabener, sind Diener zu deinen Füßen. Errette uns, die wir in diesen schrecklichen Ozean der Armut gefallen sind.“

Word by Word

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Nominative dual)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• भवत्-चरण-किंकराः: servants of your feet
• भवत्-चरण-किंकराः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Nominative plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (your-feet servants)

• समुद्धर: lift up/save
• समुद्धर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular)

• पतितान्: those who have fallen
• पतितान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) ‘fallen’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular); विशेषण (of सागरे)

• दारिद्र्य-सागरे: in the ocean of poverty
• दारिद्र्य-सागरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Locative singular)

Speaker

Vipra-strī (brāhmaṇa woman)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/ṛṣi (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman and boys kneel, hands folded, faces strained by hardship; the sage radiates compassion, poised to grant instruction and hope.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra-strī
• two boys
• sage (addressed as Bhagavan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere surrender, expressed with humility, invites upliftment—material distress is met through dharmic refuge and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse functions as a prayer (ārti-like appeal) seeking anugraha (divine/saintly favor).