Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

योगिनीचक्रमध्यस्थो भैरवो हि ननर्त च । तथान्ये भूतवेताला मामेत्येवं प्रलापिनः

Transliteration

yoginīcakramadhyastho bhairavo hi nanarta ca | tathānye bhūtavetālā māmetyevaṃ pralāpinaḥ

Translation

Bhairava, inmitten des Kreises der Yoginīs stehend, tanzte wahrlich. Und andere Bhūtas und Vetālas traten zu mir heran und plapperten in dieser Weise.

Word by Word

• योगिनीचक्रमध्यस्थः: standing in the middle of the circle of yoginīs
• योगिनीचक्रमध्यस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—योगिनीनां चक्रस्य मध्ये स्थितः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अर्थे—खलु/नूनम् (indeed)

• ननर्त: danced
• ननर्त: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भूतवेतालाः: bhūtas and vetālas
• भूतवेतालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + वेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—भूताश्च वेतालाश्च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एत्य: having come
• एत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; अर्थः—गत्वा/आगत्य (having come)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रलापिनः: babbling/rambling
• प्रलापिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (those who babble)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified in the provided excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a Himalayan shrine-clearing at night, Bhairava stands within a glowing yoginī-circle (cakra) and dances; around him whirl gaṇas, while bhūtas and vetālas surge forward, gesturing and babbling toward the narrator.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Yoginīcakra
• Bhūta
• Vetāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhairava stands as the controlling center of fierce energies; the kṣetra’s sanctity is protected by ordered divine guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakṣetra, where Bhairava and Yoginī-circles are invoked as part of the site’s awe-inspiring sacred ecology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse supports Bhairava’s role as central protector (kṣetrapāla-like) within the sacred assembly.