Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 143

Devanagari script

छत्रं भृंगी समादाय जगाम तस्य पृष्ठतः । चामरे वीज्यमाने च गंगायमुनसन्निभे

Transliteration

chatraṃ bhṛṃgī samādāya jagāma tasya pṛṣṭhataḥ | cāmare vījyamāne ca gaṃgāyamunasannibhe

Translation

Bhṛṅgī, portant l’ombrelle royale, marcha derrière Lui; et tandis que l’on agitait les cāmara, ils resplendissaient tels la Gaṅgā et la Yamunā.

Word by Word

• छत्रम्: umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• भृङ्गी: Bhṛṅgī (name)
• भृङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having taken’ (gerund)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः (अव्यय; पृष्ठ + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (postposition/adverb)

• चामरे: the two yak-tail fans
• चामरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• वीज्यमाने: being fanned
• वीज्यमाने: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifying participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• गङ्गायमुनसन्निभे: resembling (the rivers) Gaṅgā and Yamunā
• गङ्गायमुनसन्निभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of चामरे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गा + यमुना + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (गङ्गा-यमुना-सन्निभ = like Gaṅgā and Yamunā)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine royal procession: Bhṛṅgī bears a parasol behind Mahādeva; white chowries wave on either side, their shimmering strands likened to Gaṅgā and Yamunā, creating a two-river aura around the Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgī
• Śiva (implied)
• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service (sevā) to the Divine is portrayed as sacred honor; even royal emblems become spiritual symbols when offered to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the imagery invokes Gaṅgā and Yamunā as pan-Indian sacred markers within the Kedāra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes ceremonial veneration within a divine journey.