Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्वयमेव समादाय पाणिना लोकभावनः । हविस्तद्बुभुजे विष्णुर्मुद्गलेन समर्पितम्

Transliteration

svayameva samādāya pāṇinā lokabhāvanaḥ | havistadbubhuje viṣṇurmudgalena samarpitam

Translation

Darauf nahm Viṣṇu, der Erhalter der Welten, es mit eigener Hand und verzehrte die Opfergabe, die Mudgala dargebracht hatte.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (emphatic)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• समादाय: having taken up
• समादाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकभावनः: the sustainer of the world
• लोकभावनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + भावन (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य भावनः = sustainer of the world)

• हविः: the oblation
• हविः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (हविः इत्यस्य)

• बुभुजे: ate; partook
• बुभुजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुद्गलेन: by Mudgala
• मुद्गलेन: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समर्पितम्: offered; presented
• समर्पितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अर्प् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (हविः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ) addressed in narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, the world-sustainer, extends His own hand to take and partake of Mudgala’s offered havis, making the invisible deity visibly present.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mudgala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worship is sincere, the Lord is not distant—He personally receives and sanctifies the devotee’s offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram) is the larger māhātmya setting, though this verse highlights divine acceptance in yajña.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The offering of havis in yajña, emphasizing that it should be properly ‘samarpita’ (formally offered) to the deity.