Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

वर्णाश्च श्रुतधरवीर्यवसुंधरैषंधरसंज्ञा भगवंतं सोमं यजंति

Transliteration

varṇāśca śrutadharavīryavasuṃdharaiṣaṃdharasaṃjñā bhagavaṃtaṃ somaṃ yajaṃti

Translation

ଶ୍ରୁତଧର, ବୀର୍ୟ, ବସୁନ୍ଧରା ଓ ଏଷନ୍ଧର ନାମକ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣମାନେ ଭଗବାନ ସୋମଙ୍କୁ ଯଜନ-ଉପାସନା କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• varṇāḥ: classes/varṇas
• varṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śrutadhara-vīrya-vasuṃdhara-eṣaṃdhara-saṃjñāḥ: having the names Śrutadhara, Vīrya, Vasuṃdhara, and Eṣaṃdhara
• śrutadhara-vīrya-vasuṃdhara-eṣaṃdhara-saṃjñāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrutadhara (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + vasuṃdhara (प्रातिपदिक) + eṣaṃdhara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि ('whose names are Śrutadhara, Vīrya, Vasuṃdhara, Eṣaṃdhara'); विशेषण of varṇāḥ

• bhagavantam: the blessed; venerable
• bhagavantam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of somaṃ

• somam: Soma
• somam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yajanti: worship; sacrifice to
• yajanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālmalidvīpa (Soma-upāsanā region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four distinct groups (Śrutadhara, Vīrya, Vasuṃdharā, Eṣaṃdhara) performing Soma-yajña under a radiant full moon; offerings of soma-juice/oblations, white garments, silver-blue lunar glow bathing the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is sustained through reverent worship of the presiding deity—here, Soma—by the communities assigned to that realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single terrestrial tīrtha is named; the verse belongs to a cosmological description of regions and their deity-worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña/upāsanā of Soma is indicated ("yajanti"), implying sacrificial worship or devotional veneration.