Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्या दासी भवाम्यद्य चेटीपुत्रस्ततो भवान् । अतस्त्वं वहसे सर्पान्वहाम्येनामहं सदा

Transliteration

tasyā dāsī bhavāmyadya ceṭīputrastato bhavān | atastvaṃ vahase sarpānvahāmyenāmahaṃ sadā

Translation

“วันนี้แม่กลายเป็นทาสีของนางแล้ว และเพราะเหตุนั้นเจ้าจึงเป็นบุตรของทาสี ดังนั้นเจ้าต้องแบกเหล่างู ส่วนแม่ต้องแบกนางอยู่เสมอ”

Word by Word

• तस्या: of her
• तस्या: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दासी: a maidservant
• दासी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवामि: I become/am
• भवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• चेटीपुत्रः: son of a maidservant
• चेटीपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेटी (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चेट्याः पुत्रः)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (therefore)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वहसे: you carry
• वहसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सर्पान्: serpents
• सर्पान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• वहामि: I carry
• वहामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एनाम्: her
• एनाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

Speaker

Vinatā (speaking to Garuḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā describes the harsh consequence: she is enslaved, and Garuḍa must bear serpents; the scene evokes weight—literal and moral—of servitude.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Garuḍa
• Nāgas/serpents
• Kadrū (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bondage can extend to one’s family and duties; liberation requires courageous, dharmic action rather than resignation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa frames the episode within the sacred Setu geography, but this verse itself is not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the conditions of servitude.