Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवंविधं मुनेस्तस्य भृगोराश्रममंडलम् । विप्रैस्त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः सर्वतः समलंकृतम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhaṃ munestasya bhṛgorāśramamaṃḍalam | vipraistraividyasaṃyuktaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtam

Translation

ਹੇ ਮੁਨੀ, ਉਸ ਭ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ-ਮੰਡਲ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਐਸਾ ਸੀ—ਤਿੰਨ ਵੇਦਾਂ ਦੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਚੌਹੀਂ ਪਾਸੀਂ ਸੁਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ ਕਰ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• एवंविधम्: such (of this kind)
• एवंविधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एवं विधम् = such a kind)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (pronoun)

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आश्रममण्डलम्: the hermitage precinct/compound
• आश्रममण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आश्रमस्य मण्डलम्)

• विप्रैः: by Brahmins
• विप्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः: endowed with the three Vedas
• त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैविद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तृतीया-बहुवचन विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रैविद्येन संयुक्ताः)

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिग्वाचक/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (from all sides)

• समलङ्कृतम्: well-adorned
• समलङ्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अलङ्कृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (adjectival passive participle)

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 spacious hermitage compound with thatched huts and yajña-vedis, filled with brāhmaṇas reciting the three Vedas; the place appears ‘adorned’ by their presence and ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Brāhmaṇas
• Three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is sanctified not only by nature but by learned, disciplined Brāhmaṇas who uphold Vedic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Bhṛgu’s āśrama-maṇḍala (hermitage precinct) rather than a named pilgrimage tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; it extols traividya (Vedic mastery) and the presence of Veda-knowing Brāhmaṇas.