Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अहं भृत्यसमायुक्तः किमनेन द्विजोत्तम । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि ब्रूहि येन प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ bhṛtyasamāyuktaḥ kimanena dvijottama | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi brūhi yena prayojanam

Translation

我には従者が侍っている——おお、最上の二度生まれよ、これ以上何が要ろうか。そなたに一切を与えよう、目的を告げよ。

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhṛtya-samāyuktaḥ: accompanied by servants
• bhṛtya-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त; √yuj with sam-ā-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण: “भृत्यैः समायुक्तः” (attended by servants)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• anena: with this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “with/by this”

• dvijottama: O best of twice-born
• dvijottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठः द्विजः’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; “everything”

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “to you/for you” (contextually dative)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pradāsyāmi: will give
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम: “by which/whereby”

• prayojanam: purpose
• prayojanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “purpose/need”

Speaker

Mahiṣāsura

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahiṣa, surrounded by attendants, pledges total support to the sage, hands extended in offering; the sage remains composed, indicating that the true request may be non-material.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣāsura
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generosity and service toward the spiritually eminent are praised as marks of dharmic leadership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (giving) is implied broadly—offering whatever is needed to a sage—without a specific rite.