Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततोऽब्रवीद्वीरभद्रो गणैः परिवृतो भृशम् । सर्वे यूयं बालिशत्वादवदानार्थमागताः

Transliteration

tato'bravīdvīrabhadro gaṇaiḥ parivṛto bhṛśam | sarve yūyaṃ bāliśatvādavadānārthamāgatāḥ

Translation

Alors Vīrabhadra, entouré de près par les ganas, déclara : "Vous tous, par votre folie, êtes venus ici chercher votre châtiment."

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरवाचक (indeclinable adverb: then/thereupon)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• गणैः: by/with the troops (gaṇas)
• गणैः: Karaṇa/सहकारक (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• परिवृतः: surrounded
• परिवृतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: greatly/exceedingly)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Sambodhyam/Viśeṣaṇa (Addressed group qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Sambodhyam (Addressee/You)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• बालिशत्वात्: from foolishness; due to folly
• बालिशत्वात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालिशत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• अवदानार्थम्: for the purpose of (receiving) gifts/offerings
• अवदानार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवदान + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अवदानस्य अर्थः)

• आगताः: have come
• आगताः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्तरि (they having come)

Speaker

Vīrabhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra narrative tīrtha-frame

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor in Kedārakhaṇḍa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra stands fierce, ringed by gaṇas with weapons and wild hair; he addresses the assembled lokapālas with a stern, chastising gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance invites correction; divine justice confronts folly to restore dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it is part of the Kedāra narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is confrontational narrative speech.