Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तथा विरिंचिर्निजवाहनस्थो वेदैः समेतः सह षड्भिरंगैः । तथागमैः सेतिहासैः पुराणैः स संवृतो हेमगर्भो बभूव

Transliteration

tathā viriṃcirnijavāhanastho vedaiḥ sametaḥ saha ṣaḍbhiraṃgaiḥ | tathāgamaiḥ setihāsaiḥ purāṇaiḥ sa saṃvṛto hemagarbho babhūva

Translation

وكذلك ظهر فيرينتشي (براهما) جالسًا على مركبته الخاصة—محاطًا بالڤيدات مع أعضائها الستة، وكذلك بالآغامَات، والإيتيهاسَات، والبورانات. ذاك «ذو الرحم الذهبي» (هِمَغَربها) قائمٌ في حمى الوحي المقدّس.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• viriṃciḥ: Viriñci (Brahmā)
• viriṃciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viriṃci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nija-vāhana-sthaḥ: situated on his own vehicle
• nija-vāhana-sthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of viriṃciḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (स्था धातु से ‘स्थ’/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (on his own vehicle)

• vedaiḥ: with the Vedas
• vedaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sametaḥ: accompanied
• sametaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of viriṃciḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√i (इ धातु) + क्त (PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: with six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of aṅgaiḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (used adjectivally), तृतीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• aṅgaiḥ: with the limbs (auxiliaries)
• aṅgaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• āgamaiḥ: with the Āgamas
• āgamaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sa-itihāsaiḥ: with the Itihāsas
• sa-itihāsaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय ‘with’) + itihāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: itihāsa—पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘sa’ उपसर्गवत्/सहार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• purāṇaiḥ: with the Purāṇas
• purāṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃvṛtaḥ: surrounded; encompassed
• saṃvṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa of saḥ (viriṃciḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√vṛ (वृ धातु) + क्त (PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• hema-garbhaḥ: Hiraṇyagarbha (golden-embryo)
• hema-garbhaḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa) to viriṃciḥ
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• babhūva: became; was
• babhūva: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā on his vehicle (traditionally the haṃsa), encircled by personified Vedas and Vedāṅgas as radiant scroll-bearing deities; nearby stand personified Āgamas, Itihāsas, and Purāṇas like a living library forming a luminous ring around Hiraṇyagarbha.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Viriñci, Hiraṇyagarbha)
• Vedas
• Vedāṅgas
• Āgamas
• Itihāsas
• Purāṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma is upheld by a continuum of revelation—Veda, Vedāṅga, Āgama, Itihāsa, and Purāṇa—harmonized in sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the narrative frame; the verse itself emphasizes scriptural sanctity rather than a single named spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a doctrinal tableau of Brahmā and the bodies of sacred knowledge.