Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अयं महान्विस्मयस्ते वचसो भैमिनंदन । संभूतः सर्वराज्ञां च फाल्गुनस्य च धीमतः

Transliteration

ayaṃ mahānvismayaste vacaso bhaiminaṃdana | saṃbhūtaḥ sarvarājñāṃ ca phālgunasya ca dhīmataḥ

Translation

ビーマの子よ、汝の言葉により大いなる驚嘆が起こった――諸王の間にも、そして賢きパールグナ（アルジュナ）にさえ。

Word by Word

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Pronoun: nominative singular masculine)

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Nominative singular masculine)

• vismayaḥ: wonder/astonishment
• vismayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular: ‘of you/your’)

• vacasaḥ: words/speech
• vacasaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana/vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular: ‘of speech/words’)

• bhaimi-nandana: O son of Bhaimī
• bhaimi-nandana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaimī + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (bhaimyāḥ nandanaḥ = son of Bhīmī/Hidimbā?; epithet)

• saṃbhūtaḥ: has arisen/occurred
• saṃbhūtaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू, भवने) + sam- → saṃbhūta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण (arisen/occurred)

• sarva-rājñām: of all kings
• sarva-rājñām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (all-kings); ‘rājñām’ षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• phālgunasya: of Phālguna (Arjuna)
• phālgunasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dhīmataḥ: of the wise
• dhīmataḥ: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Genitive singular masculine: ‘of the intelligent’)

Speaker

Narrative interlocutor (context: amazement expressed to Bhīma’s son)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhīma’s son (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of kings in a sabhā/camp setting; their brows raised and hands paused mid-gesture; Arjuna (Phālguna) stands or sits composed yet visibly surprised, eyes widened slightly, as attention fixes on Bhīma’s son.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Phālguna (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True power provokes inquiry and humility—even the wise are moved to reconsider what they know.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.