Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

पुनश्च ऋषभो योगी तयोर्मातृकुमारयोः । विषव्रणयुतं देहं भस्मनैव परामृशत्

Transliteration

punaśca ṛṣabho yogī tayormātṛkumārayoḥ | viṣavraṇayutaṃ dehaṃ bhasmanaiva parāmṛśat

Translation

पुन्हा योगी ऋषभाने माता व बालक यांच्या विषघावांनी युक्त देहांना त्याच भस्माने स्पर्श केला।

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• ऋषभः: Ṛṣabha
• ऋषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); द्विवचन

• मातृ: mother
• मातृ: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• कुमारयोः: of the two sons
• कुमारयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; द्विवचन

• विष: poison
• विष: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• व्रण: wound
• व्रण: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• युतम्: endowed with poison-wounds
• युतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of देहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; समासः: विष-व्रण-युत (having poison-wounds)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• भस्मना: with ash
• भस्मना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• परामृशत्: touched/handled
• परामृशत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृश् (धातु) उपसर्गः परा-
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in snippet; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yogin Ṛṣabha applies sacred ash to a mother and child whose bodies bear dark poison-wounds; the ash glows faintly as the wounds begin to fade, suggesting immediate sanctified healing.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha (yogī)
• Mother
• Son
• Bhasma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated substances used with dharma and mantra become instruments of protection and healing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on the yogin’s Śaiva remedy through bhasma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Application of sacred ash (bhasma), implicitly mantra-sanctified, as a curative act against poison-affliction.