Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ऋग्यजुः सामनिर्घोपैरारूरितदिगन्तरम् । रुद्रभक्तेन धीरेण यथैव भुवनत्रयम्

Transliteration

ṛgyajuḥ sāmanirghopairārūritadigantaram | rudrabhaktena dhīreṇa yathaiva bhuvanatrayam

Translation

ഋഗ്, യജുഃ, സാമങ്ങളുടെ ഘോഷം കൊണ്ട് ദിക്കുകൾ മുഴങ്ങിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു; രുദ്രഭക്തനായ ധീര മുനിയാൽ—ത്രിഭുവനവും പുണ്യനാദത്തിൽ വ്യാപിച്ചതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• ऋक्: Ṛg(-veda)
• ऋक्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• यजुः: Yajus(-veda)
• यजुः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• साम: Sāman(-veda chant)
• साम: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as member of dvandva)

• निर्घोपैः: with loud sounds/roars
• निर्घोपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्घोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• आरूरितदिगन्तरम्: making the horizons resound
• आरूरितदिगन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रु (धातु) → आरूरित (कृदन्त; क्त) + दिगन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभाव: दिगन्तरम् (horizons) आरूरितम् (filled/resounding)

• रुद्रभक्तेन: by a devotee of Rudra
• रुद्रभक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (कृदन्त; √भज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्रस्य भक्तः)

• धीरेण: by the steadfast/wise one
• धीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/like)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भुवनत्रयम्: the three worlds
• भुवनत्रयम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-āśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage devoted to Rudra chants; visible waves of sound ripple across the sky, reaching the horizon; the three Vedas appear as luminous streams of syllables surrounding the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman)
• Three worlds (bhuvana-traya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic recitation joined with Rudra-bhakti sanctifies space and makes an āśrama echo with dharma, like a microcosm of the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on Bhṛgu’s hermitage as a sanctified sound-filled sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice: Veda-pāṭha/adhyayana (chanting and study of Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman) grounded in devotion to Rudra.