Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

भृत्या ऊचुः । त्वद्वियोगं वयं सर्वे त्रयोऽपि न सहामहे । तस्मान्मानुष भावत्वमस्माभिः सह यास्यसि

Transliteration

bhṛtyā ūcuḥ | tvadviyogaṃ vayaṃ sarve trayo'pi na sahāmahe | tasmānmānuṣa bhāvatvamasmābhiḥ saha yāsyasi

Translation

Die Diener sprachen: „Wir drei ertragen die Trennung von dir nicht. Darum wirst du zusammen mit uns in menschliche Geburt eingehen.“

Word by Word

• भृत्याः: the servants
• भृत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• त्वत्-वियोगम्: separation from you
• त्वत्-वियोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्-वि-योग (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद् + वियोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• सहामहे: we endure, we can bear
• सहामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular) — हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• मानुष: O human (man)
• मानुष: Sambodhana (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular) — सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयुक्तम् (used in address)

• भावत्वम्: state of being
• भावत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावत्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाव + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्माभिः: by us / with us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• यास्यसि: you will go
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vidhūma’s attendants (three attendants)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the addressed master (contextually Vidhūma / the speaker of 5.38)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three attendants speak in unison, declaring they cannot bear separation and will take human birth together with their master.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Three attendants (bhṛtyāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless attachment rooted in service can become a vow of shared destiny; companionship is portrayed as a dharmic commitment, not mere emotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Setukhaṇḍa context relates to Setu/Rāmeśvaram, though this verse itself highlights the moral drama of rebirth and loyalty.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.