Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

युष्माकं ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे पूजां दास्यंति सर्वदा

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pūjāṃ dāsyaṃti sarvadā

Translation

ಎಲ್ಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರೂ ನಿಮಗೆ ಸದಾ ಪೂಜೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವರು।

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.