Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भारभूतेश्वरे तीर्थ उज्जहार जलाद्द्विजान् । मुक्त्वा भारं तु देवेन छादयित्वा तु तान्द्विजान्

Transliteration

bhārabhūteśvare tīrtha ujjahāra jalāddvijān | muktvā bhāraṃ tu devena chādayitvā tu tāndvijān

Translation

Au tīrtha de Bhārabhūteśvara, il souleva les deux-fois-nés (garçons) hors de l'eau. Ayant ôté le fardeau, le Dieu couvrit alors ces brahmanes (les protégea).

Word by Word

• भारभूतेश्वरे: at Bhārabhūteśvara
• भारभूतेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारभूत (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भारभूतस्य ईश्वरः)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• उज्जहार: he lifted out
• उज्जहार: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—उद् (उज्ज्)

• जलात्: from the water
• जलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• द्विजान्: the brahmins
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• मुक्त्वा: having released
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund), अर्थः—'having released'

• भारम्: the burden
• भारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• छादयित्वा: having covered
• छादयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund), causative sense (णिच्) implied: 'having covered'

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object-determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (to 'dvijān')

• द्विजान्: brahmins
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārabhūteśvara tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Bhārabhūteśvara tīrtha, Śiva lifts brāhmaṇa boys up from the water; after removing the ‘burden,’ he covers/protects them—like a divine guardian shielding the vulnerable.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārabhūteśvara Tīrtha
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva protects devotees and restores order, turning crisis into the revelation of a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhārabhūteśvara Tīrtha on/near the Revā (Narmadā) is explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s sanctity through Śiva’s salvific act.