Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यंस्ततो ह्यग्निं च पिङ्गलाक्षं च रोगिणम् । तपस्युग्रे व्यवसितं ध्यायमानं महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyaṃstato hyagniṃ ca piṅgalākṣaṃ ca rogiṇam | tapasyugre vyavasitaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ maheśvaram

Translation

അവിടെ അവർ പിംഗലനേത്രനായ, രോഗബാധിതനായ അഗ്നിയെ കണ്ടു—അവൻ ഉഗ്രതപസ്സിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി മഹേശ്വരനെ ധ്യാനിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• apaśyan: they saw
• apaśyan: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘they saw’

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis/causal)

• agnim: Agni (fire-god)
• agnim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• piṅgala-akṣam: yellow/ tawny-eyed
• piṅgala-akṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piṅgala (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (piṅgalāṇi akṣī yasya / piṅgalam akṣam)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• rogiṇam: diseased
• rogiṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agnim इति)

• tapasi: in austerity
• tapasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ugre: fierce, intense
• ugre: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ugra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tapasi इति)

• vyavasitam: firmly resolved/engaged
• vyavasitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘resolved/engaged’ (maheśvaram इति)

• dhyāyamānam: meditating
• dhyāyamānam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhyai (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle, Ātmanepada), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (maheśvaram इति)

• maheśvaram: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahān īśvaraḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Bhṛgukaccha, the travelers behold Agni personified—tawny-eyed, weakened and sick—yet seated in fierce austerity, eyes inward, meditating on Maheśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Piṅgalākṣa
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and single-pointed meditation on Śiva are presented as powerful remedies even for divine beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is Bhṛgukaccha in the ongoing narrative route, where this encounter occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) and dhyāna (meditation) upon Maheśvara are exemplified.