Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

एते भृत्याश्च दास्यश्च ये चान्ये मम बांधवाः । सर्वे त्वदर्चनपरास्त्वयि संन्यस्तवृत्तयः

Transliteration

ete bhṛtyāśca dāsyaśca ye cānye mama bāṃdhavāḥ | sarve tvadarcanaparāstvayi saṃnyastavṛttayaḥ

Translation

ഈ സേവകരും ദാസിമാരും എന്റെ മറ്റു ബന്ധുക്കളും—എല്ലാവരും നിങ്ങളുടെ ആരാധനയിൽ നിഷ്ഠരാകട്ടെ; അവരുടെ ജീവിതവൃത്തി മുഴുവനും നിങ്ങളിൽ സമർപ്പിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhṛtyāḥ: servants
• bhṛtyāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• dāsyāḥ: maidservants
• dāsyāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• bāndhavāḥ: kinsmen
• bāndhavāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tvad-arcana-parāḥ: devoted to your worship
• tvad-arcana-parāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: त्वदर्चनं यस्य/येषां तत्पराः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (sarve इति विशेषण/विधेय)

• tvayi: in you / towards you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Object of devotion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• saṃnyasta-vṛttayaḥ: having entrusted their livelihood/ways (to you)
• saṃnyasta-vṛttayaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃnyasta (कृदन्त; √as/√nyas? here √nyas with सम्) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास: संन्यस्ता वृत्तिः येषां ते; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (sarve इति विशेषण/विधेय)

Speaker

Veśyā (the courtesan devotee)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Gaurīśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Behind the courtesan stand servants, maidservants, and kinsfolk; she gestures toward them while addressing Śiva, asking that all become devoted worshippers, their livelihoods surrendered to him.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is not isolated; one may align one’s household/community toward worship and surrender to God.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on arcana (worship) and surrender to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) is implied as the central practice, though no procedure is detailed.