Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ऋग्यजुः सामनिर्घोपैरारूरितदिगन्तरम् । रुद्रभक्तेन धीरेण यथैव भुवनत्रयम्

Transliteration

ṛgyajuḥ sāmanirghopairārūritadigantaram | rudrabhaktena dhīreṇa yathaiva bhuvanatrayam

Translation

كانت آفاقُه تَدوّي بأصداءِ الرِّغ (Ṛg) واليَجُس (Yajus) والسّامَن (Sāman)، بصوتِ حكيمٍ ثابتٍ مُتعبِّدٍ لرودرا (Rudra)—كما تُغمر العوالم الثلاثة بالصوت المقدّس والحضور الإلهي.

Word by Word

• ऋक्: Ṛg(-veda)
• ऋक्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• यजुः: Yajus(-veda)
• यजुः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• साम: Sāman(-veda chant)
• साम: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• निर्घोपैः: with loud sounds/roars
• निर्घोपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्घोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• आरूरितदिगन्तरम्: making the horizons resound
• आरूरितदिगन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रु (धातु) → आरूरित (कृदन्त; क्त) + दिगन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभाव: दिगन्तरम् (horizons) आरूरितम् (filled/resounding)

• रुद्रभक्तेन: by a devotee of Rudra
• रुद्रभक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (कृदन्त; √भज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्रस्य भक्तः)

• धीरेण: by the steadfast/wise one
• धीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/like)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भुवनत्रयम्: the three worlds
• भुवनत्रयम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-āśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage devoted to Rudra chants; visible waves of sound ripple across the sky, reaching the horizon; the three Vedas appear as luminous streams of syllables surrounding the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman)
• Three worlds (bhuvana-traya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic recitation joined with Rudra-bhakti sanctifies space and makes an āśrama echo with dharma, like a microcosm of the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on Bhṛgu’s hermitage as a sanctified sound-filled sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: Veda-pāṭha/adhyayana (chanting and study of Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman) grounded in devotion to Rudra.