Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
वयं च सर्वास्ते दास्यस्त्वां पतिं प्रवृणीमहे । अस्माभिः सहितः क्रीड विविधास्वत्र भूमिषु
vayaṃ ca sarvāste dāsyastvāṃ patiṃ pravṛṇīmahe | asmābhiḥ sahitaḥ krīḍa vividhāsvatra bhūmiṣu
Et nous toutes—tes servantes—te choisissons pour seigneur. Avec nous, viens te divertir et parcourir ici bien des lieux charmants.
Unspecified female attendants/maidens (dāsyas) (from the verse itself)
Scene: A group of maidservants/devī-like attendants collectively address the youthful hero, offering him lordship and inviting him to roam and sport across charming sacred grounds.
FAQs
Worldly invitation and pleasure can test a warrior’s resolve; dharma requires clarity of purpose.
None directly; the verse is part of a narrative encounter occurring within a sacred-region storyline.
None; it is a social/narrative proposal rather than a ritual instruction.