Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
तन्मया सह मोदस्व भुंक्ष्व भोगांश्च कामुक । दास्याम्यनुचराणां ते त्रयाणां च प्रियात्रयम्
Transliteration
tanmayā saha modasva bhuṃkṣva bhogāṃśca kāmuka | dāsyāmyanucarāṇāṃ te trayāṇāṃ ca priyātrayam
Translation
پس میرے ساتھ مسرّت کر؛ اے عاشق، ان لذّتوں سے بھی بہرہ مند ہو۔ میں تیرے تین خادموں کے لیے بھی تین محبوب عورتوں کا ایک ثلاثہ عطا کروں گی۔
Word by Word
तत्with that/therefore
तत्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (तन्मया इत्यत्र ‘तत्’ उपसर्जन)
मयाwith me/by me
मया:
Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्ग/निपात (preposition-like)
मोदस्वrejoice/enjoy
मोदस्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
भुंक्ष्वeat/enjoy
भुंक्ष्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
भोगान्enjoyments/pleasures
भोगान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
कामुकO lover
कामुक:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकामुक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
दास्यामिI will give
दास्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अनुचराणाम्of (your) attendants
अनुचराणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
तेyour/to you
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) / चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (अत्र षष्ठी ‘thy’)
त्रयाणाम्of three
त्रयाणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
प्रियात्रयम्a set of three beloved (things/persons)
प्रियात्रयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिया + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (प्रियाणां त्रयम्)
Speaker
Karṇaprāvaraṇā
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ghaṭotkaca (addressed as kāmuka)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A woman invites the suitor to rejoice and enjoy pleasures, promising additional beloved women for his attendants—an overtly tempting, transactional offer set in a courtly or enchanted space.
Characters & Entities
K
KarṇaprāvaraṇāFAQs
Sensual offers can distract seekers from right conduct; dharma requires vigilance over temptation.
None; the verse is part of a palace encounter narrative.
None.