Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

एते भृत्याश्च दास्यश्च ये चान्ये मम बांधवाः । सर्वे त्वदर्चनपरास्त्वयि संन्यस्तवृत्तयः

Transliteration

ete bhṛtyāśca dāsyaśca ye cānye mama bāṃdhavāḥ | sarve tvadarcanaparāstvayi saṃnyastavṛttayaḥ

Translation

These servants and maidservants, and my other kinsfolk as well—may they all be devoted to your worship, entrusting and surrendering their entire way of life to you.

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhṛtyāḥ: servants
• bhṛtyāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• dāsyāḥ: maidservants
• dāsyāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• bāndhavāḥ: kinsmen
• bāndhavāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tvad-arcana-parāḥ: devoted to your worship
• tvad-arcana-parāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: त्वदर्चनं यस्य/येषां तत्पराः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (sarve इति विशेषण/विधेय)

• tvayi: in you / towards you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Object of devotion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• saṃnyasta-vṛttayaḥ: having entrusted their livelihood/ways (to you)
• saṃnyasta-vṛttayaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃnyasta (कृदन्त; √as/√nyas? here √nyas with सम्) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: संन्यस्ता वृत्तिः येषां ते; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (sarve इति विशेषण/विधेय)

Speaker

Veśyā (the courtesan devotee)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Gaurīśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Behind the courtesan stand servants, maidservants, and kinsfolk; she gestures toward them while addressing Śiva, asking that all become devoted worshippers, their livelihoods surrendered to him.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is not isolated; one may align one’s household/community toward worship and surrender to God.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on arcana (worship) and surrender to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) is implied as the central practice, though no procedure is detailed.