Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

युष्माकं ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे पूजां दास्यंति सर्वदा

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pūjāṃ dāsyaṃti sarvadā

Translation

Tous les brāhmanes t’offriront sans cesse la vénération et le culte.

Word by Word

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ब्राह्मणाः)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दास्यन्ति: they will give/offer
• दास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal modifier/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb: always)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual continuation of instructions to the devatā-catuṣṭaya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raktaśṛṅga kṣetra (with devatā-catuṣṭaya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding assurance: brāhmaṇas continually worship the four deities; depict daily pūjā—lamps, flowers, water offerings—at small shrines near the mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Brāhmaṇas
• Āmbavṛddhā
• Āmrā
• Māhitthā
• Camatkarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through ongoing worship; sacred sites endure through regular pūjā performed by the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Raktaśṛṅga tīrtha-region, where these guardian deities receive continual worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) is indicated as the continuing devotional practice.