Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततो दृष्ट्वा च तं शम्भुं भृगुः श्रेष्ठं त्रिलोचनम् । जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा इदं स्तोत्रमुदैरयत्

Transliteration

tato dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ śambhuṃ bhṛguḥ śreṣṭhaṃ trilocanam | jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā idaṃ stotramudairayat

Translation

Alors, voyant Śambhu, le sublime Seigneur aux Trois Yeux, Bhṛgu tomba à genoux sur la terre et prononça cet hymne de louange.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठम्: excellent
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (शम्भुम्)

• त्रिलोचनम्: the three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य)

• जानुभ्याम्: with (his) two knees
• जानुभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• अवनिम्: the earth, ground
• अवनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone (approached)
• गत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उदैरयत्: uttered, recited
• उदैरयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + ईरय्/ईर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘caused to rise/uttered’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual); Bhṛgu speaks next

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu beholds Śambhu, the three-eyed Lord, and drops to his knees on the earth, hands folded, beginning a hymn; Śiva appears radiant, calm, and majestic.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu, Trilocana)
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Surrender and praise (stotra) are presented as the immediate remedy for fear and karmic tension.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa landscape; this line introduces the stotra rather than detailing a tīrtha’s merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit devotional act: praṇipāta (prostration) and stotra-pāṭha (hymn recitation).