Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

त्रायध्वं कृपया यूयं मां युष्मत्परिचारिकाम् । इत्युक्तो रंभया तत्र जंभारिस्ताम भाषत

Transliteration

trāyadhvaṃ kṛpayā yūyaṃ māṃ yuṣmatparicārikām | ityukto raṃbhayā tatra jaṃbhāristāma bhāṣata

Translation

«Par compassion, protégez-moi, moi qui suis votre servante», supplia-t-elle. Ainsi interpellé par Rambhā, Jambhāri (Indra) lui adressa alors la parole.

Word by Word

• त्रायध्वम्: protect (you all)
• त्रायध्वम्: Kriyā (Imperative/आज्ञा-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: trā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• कृपया: out of compassion
• कृपया: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• युष्मत्परिचारिकाम्: your attendant (maid)
• युष्मत्परिचारिकाम्: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad + paricārikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (युष्माकं परिचारिका = your attendant); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘माम्’ इति समानाधिकरणम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरणसूचक/quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been addressed
• उक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘जंभारिः’ इति विशेषणम्

• रंभया: by Rambhā
• रंभया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃbhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): there

• जंभारिः: Jambhāri (Indra)
• जंभारिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbhāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• ताम्: to her / her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अभाषत: spoke
• अभाषत: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Indra’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā pleads for protection as a devoted attendant; Indra (Jambhāri) prepares to respond.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā
• Indra (Jambhāri)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions undertaken under command still require discernment; seeking protection indicates awareness of karmic and spiritual risk.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly in this verse; it continues the Setukhaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dialogue moment within the Purāṇic narrative.