Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

केचिच्छरभभेरुंडसिंहाश्वोष्ट्रबकाननाः । एकवक्त्रा द्विवक्त्राश्च त्रिमुखाश्चैव निर्मुखाः

Transliteration

keciccharabhabheruṃḍasiṃhāśvoṣṭrabakānanāḥ | ekavaktrā dvivaktrāśca trimukhāścaiva nirmukhāḥ

Translation

အချို့မှာ Śarabha၊ Bheruṇḍa၊ ခြင်္သေ့၊ မြင်း၊ အုတ် သို့မဟုတ် ကြာငှက်မျက်နှာကဲ့သို့။ အချို့မှာ မျက်နှာတစ်ခု၊ အချို့မှာ နှစ်ခု၊ အချို့မှာ သုံးခု—တချို့မှာ မျက်နှာမရှိသကဲ့သို့ပင်။

Word by Word

• kecit: some
• kecit: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śarabha-bheruṇḍa-siṃha-aśva-uṣṭra-baka-ānanāḥ: having faces like śarabha, bheruṇḍa, lion, horse, camel, crane
• śarabha-bheruṇḍa-siṃha-aśva-uṣṭra-baka-ānanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarabha (प्रातिपदिक) + bheruṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + siṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśva (प्रातिपदिक) + uṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक) + baka (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (having faces of śarabha/bheruṇḍa/lion/horse/camel/crane etc.)

• eka-vaktrāḥ: one-faced
• eka-vaktrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु (one-faced)

• dvi-vaktrāḥ: two-faced
• dvi-vaktrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु (two-faced)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• tri-mukhāḥ: three-faced
• tri-mukhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु (three-faced)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• nir-mukhāḥ: faceless
• nir-mukhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir (उपसर्ग) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग-पूर्वक तत्पुरुष (faceless/without a face)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crescendo of impossibility: beings with faces of Śarabha and Bheruṇḍa alongside lion, horse, camel, crane; some with one, two, three faces, and some eerily faceless—standing in a heaving mass like a nightmare vision.

Characters & Entities

• Śarabha
• Bheruṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power transcends ordinary categories of form; the Purāṇa depicts limitless manifestations to expand devotion beyond the familiar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No pilgrimage site is named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.