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, placé au milieu du cercle des Yoginīs, dansa véritablement. Et d’autres Bhūtas et Vetālas, s’approchant de moi, bredouillaient ainsi.

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.