Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

भक्त्या हि भवतां विप्राः करिष्ये नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

bhaktyā hi bhavatāṃ viprāḥ kariṣye nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wegen eurer Hingabe, o Vipras, werde ich handeln — daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental of means (करण)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/assurance

• भवताम्: of you (honoured ones)
• भवताम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; respectful pronoun ‘you’

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• करिष्ये: I shall do (it)
• करिष्ये: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I shall do’

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrīmātā (Devī / Kuladevatā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satya-mandira (implied) in Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipras (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of venerable vipras, hands folded, receive a firm assurance of action from a radiant divine presence; atmosphere of calm certainty before impending conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti is presented as spiritually efficacious—inviting certain divine response and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on devotion within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotion (bhakti) itself is the operative practice; no separate vrata/dāna/snānā is specified.