Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

समिद्दर्भान्मूलफलं दारूणि जलमेव च । आहरिष्येऽनुगृह्णीष्व विनीतं मामुपस्थितम्

Transliteration

samiddarbhānmūlaphalaṃ dārūṇi jalameva ca | āhariṣye'nugṛhṇīṣva vinītaṃ māmupasthitam

Translation

J’apporterai du bois pour le feu, l’herbe darbha, des racines et des fruits, des bûches, et de l’eau aussi. Accorde-moi ta grâce : humble, je me tiens auprès de toi, prêt au service.

Word by Word

• समित्: firewood (fuel-sticks)
• समित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Plural)

• दर्भान्: darbha grass
• दर्भान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• मूलफलम्: roots and fruits
• मूलफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva)

• दारूणि: pieces of wood
• दारूणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आहरिष्ये: I will bring
• आहरिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (1st person, Singular)

• अनुगृह्णीष्व: please favor (me)
• अनुगृह्णीष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd person, Singular); आत्मनेपद

• विनीतम्: humble/submissive
• विनीतम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular); ‘माम्’ इति विशेषण (agreeing with mām)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun, Accusative, Singular)

• उपस्थितम्: present/standing near
• उपस्थितम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘माम्’ इति विशेषण (agreeing with mām)

Speaker

Unspecified (a would-be attendant/disciple addressing a revered person)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble attendant approaches a forest sage’s hut carrying bundles of samidh and darbha, a pot of water, and gathered roots and fruits; posture lowered, hands in añjali, requesting grace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble service and readiness to support sacred life (yajña/āśrama duties) are praised as marks of discipline and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights āśrama conduct and service.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references standard āśrama supports—samid and darbha for sacred fires/rites, along with water and forest produce—implying service to Vedic-ritual life.