Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

भृंगिणोक्ता तिरस्कृत्य तदा शापं ददौ सती । निमामो भव रे मन्द रे भृंगिञ्छिंकरप्रिय

Transliteration

bhṛṃgiṇoktā tiraskṛtya tadā śāpaṃ dadau satī | nimāmo bhava re manda re bhṛṃgiñchiṃkarapriya

Translation

ഭൃംഗിയുടെ വാക്കുകൾ അവഗണിച്ച് സതി അപ്പോൾ ശാപം നൽകി—“ഹേ മൂഢാ, മാംസരഹിതനാകുക; ഹേ ഭൃംഗി, ശങ്കരപ്രിയ!”

Word by Word

• भृंगिणा: by Bhṛṅgi
• भृंगिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृंगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• उक्ता: having been addressed/said
• उक्ता: Kriya (Participial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; PPP ‘having been spoken/said’ (agreeing with satī)

• तिरस्कृत्य: having insulted/disregarded
• तिरस्कृत्य: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तिरस्-कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having disregarded/insulted’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• ददौ: gave/uttered
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘gave’

• सती: Satī
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक; सत्-स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• नि: down/away (intensifier)
• नि: Sambandha (Prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग (prefix used with imperative ‘become’)

• अमामः: fleshless/bodyless
• अमामः: Visheshya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective (rare form; intended sense: ‘without flesh/without body’)

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘become!’

• रे: O! (hey)
• रे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मन्द: foolish/dull one
• मन्द: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• रे: O!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• भृंगिञ्छिंकरप्रिय: O Bhṛṅgi, dear to Śaṅkara
• भृंगिञ्छिंकरप्रिय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृंगिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शंकरस्य प्रियः) with first member as proper-name qualifier; Vocative singular

Speaker

Satī/Girijā (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within the Kedāra narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī/Pārvatī pronounces a curse on Bhṛṅgī: he becomes ‘without flesh’; Bhṛṅgī’s form turns skeletal, underscoring the consequence of disrespect toward Śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Satī (Pārvatī/Girijā)
• Bhṛṅgi
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion without humility and proper regard for the Divine Feminine is portrayed as spiritually defective and liable to correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kedāra’s tīrtha-cycle (Kedārakhaṇḍa), reinforcing the sanctity of the Kedāranātha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records a narrative śāpa (curse).