Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

अशरीरा समुदभूद्वाणी भैरवनादिनी । भोः शंकर महीपाल मानलं प्रविशाधुना

Transliteration

aśarīrā samudabhūdvāṇī bhairavanādinī | bhoḥ śaṃkara mahīpāla mānalaṃ praviśādhunā

Translation

ثم انبعث صوتٌ بلا جسد، مدوّيًا كزئير بهايرافا: «يا شانكرا، يا ملكَ الأرض—ادخل مانالا حالًا!»

Word by Word

• अशरीरा: bodiless
• अशरीरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (अशरीरः) — ‘without a body’

• समुदभूत्: arose
• समुदभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘arose/appeared’

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

• भैरव-नादिनी: sounding like Bhairava
• भैरव-नादिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक) + नादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘having the sound of Bhairava’

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• महीपाल: O king
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मानलम्: Mānala (proper name/place)
• मानलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रविश: enter
• प्रविश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

A bodiless divine voice (aśarīrā vāṇī, Bhairava-like)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king addressed by an unseen, bodiless voice reverberating like Bhairava; the landscape suggests a liminal gateway to a sacred region, with attendants startled and the king poised to obey.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Śaṅkara (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guidance can arise unexpectedly, directing the devotee toward a purifying sacred place and immediate right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse signals movement toward the Setu-region; the wider passage culminates in the Rāmasetu/Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvaram) sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Here it is a direct command to enter a specified place (Mānala); the detailed ritual regimen follows in subsequent verses.