Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

वैश्यः पद्माकरो नाम तत्पुत्रः सुनयाभिधः । सर्वानेतान्महादेव सदा त्वत्पार्श्वगान्कुरु

Transliteration

vaiśyaḥ padmākaro nāma tatputraḥ sunayābhidhaḥ | sarvānetānmahādeva sadā tvatpārśvagānkuru

Translation

एक वैश्य पद्माकर नाम का है और उसका पुत्र सुनय कहलाता है। हे महादेव, इन सबको सदा अपने पार्श्व के सेवक बना दीजिए।

Word by Word

• vaiśyaḥ: a Vaiśya (merchant-class man)
• vaiśyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• padmākaraḥ: Padmākara (name)
• padmākaraḥ: Viśeṣya (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (indeclinable particle indicating name)

• tat-putraḥ: his son
• tat-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'his son')

• sunayābhidhaḥ: named Sunayā
• sunayābhidhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sunayā-abhidha (प्रातिपदिक; abhidha = 'named/called')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (named 'Sunayā')

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• etān: these (persons)
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tvat-pārśva-gān: attendants at your side
• tvat-pārśva-gān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (गम्-धातु; ग-प्रातिपदिक 'going/attending')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (those who go/attend at your side)

• kuru: make (them) / appoint
• kuru: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ-धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions Mahādeva to grant Padmākara the vaiśya and his son Sunaya the status of eternal attendants at Śiva’s side; Śiva is envisioned enthroned with calm, granting boons.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Padmākara
• Sunaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest aspiration can be intimate service to the Divine—dwelling near Śiva as his attendant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is about receiving status near Mahādeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records a request for a boon (vara).