Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ब्रूहि कार्यं मुनिश्रेष्ठ अपि जीवितमात्मनः । नूनं तुभ्यं प्रदास्यामि नियोगो दीयतां मम

Transliteration

brūhi kāryaṃ muniśreṣṭha api jīvitamātmanaḥ | nūnaṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi niyogo dīyatāṃ mama

Translation

ਹੇ ਮੁਨਿਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ, ਆਪਣਾ ਕਾਰਜ ਦੱਸੋ—ਭਾਵੇਂ ਉਹ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਾਨ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਕਿਉਂ ਨ ਹੋਵੇ। ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਅਰਪਣ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ; ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਦੇਸ਼ ਰੱਖੋ।

Word by Word

• brūhi: tell, speak
• brūhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kāryam: the task, what is to be done
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• muniśreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muniśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): अपि = even/also

• jīvitam: life
• jīvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ātmanaḥ: of myself
• ātmanaḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थ/adverb): surely

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन

• pradāsyāmi: I will give
• pradāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• niyogaḥ: command, instruction
• niyogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dīyatām: let (it) be given
• dīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'let it be given'

• mama: by me / of me
• mama: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Himavān

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic personified mountain-king (Himavān) addresses a radiant sage; the mountain offers itself in service, palms joined, with a hermitage backdrop and distant crags.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Himavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma expresses itself as selfless readiness to serve the righteous, even at personal cost.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative of protecting a sacred āśrama landscape rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes the vow-like attitude of service (sevā) and obedience to dharmic request.