Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

वीरभद्रेण मुक्तोऽथ यमोऽगान्निजमंदिरम् । वीरभद्रश्च कैलासमहं प्राप्तस्तवांतिकम्

Transliteration

vīrabhadreṇa mukto'tha yamo'gānnijamaṃdiram | vīrabhadraśca kailāsamahaṃ prāptastavāṃtikam

Translation

فلما أُطلق يَما على يد فيرابهدرا، مضى إلى داره؛ وأما فيرابهدرا فقد أتى إلى كَيْلاسا—وحقًّا، لقد حضرتُ إلى مقامك.

Word by Word

• vīrabhadreṇa: by Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु) + ta (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (freed)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• yamaḥ: Yama
• yamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• agāt: went
• agāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nija-mandiram: to his own abode
• nija-mandiram: Karma (Goal object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘निजं मन्दिरम्’

• vīrabhadraḥ: Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• kailāsam: Kailāsa
• kailāsam: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-देश (goal)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāptaḥ: have arrived
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु) + ta (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘प्राप्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘प्र-’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• antikam: presence/nearby
• antikam: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘निकटम्’ अर्थे (as destination)

Speaker

Vīrabhadra (self-referential ‘aham’ indicates direct speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (implied ‘you’) / and secondarily the king hearing the account

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two departures: Yama travels back to his dark, orderly realm; Vīrabhadra ascends to luminous Kailāsa and reports arrival before Śiva (addressed as ‘you’).

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Yama
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s attendants act decisively to protect dharma, then return to the Lord’s abode—signifying divine order restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s sacred abode (a supreme śaiva locus), though not a ritual tīrtha instruction here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition marking restoration after divine intervention.