Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

भोभो राक्षसशार्दूल बर्बरीक महाबल । मुंचैनं भरतश्रेष्ठं भीमं तव पितामहम्

Transliteration

bhobho rākṣasaśārdūla barbarīka mahābala | muṃcainaṃ bharataśreṣṭhaṃ bhīmaṃ tava pitāmaham

Translation

“ఓ ఓ, రాక్షసశార్దూలా, మహాబలుడైన బర్బరీకా! భరతశ్రేష్ఠుడైన ఈ భీముణ్ణి—నీ పితామహుణ్ణి—విడిచిపెట్టు.”

Word by Word

• भोभो: O! O!
• भोभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोभो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• राक्षसशार्दूल: O tiger among rākṣasas
• राक्षसशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (राक्षसः शार्दूल इव); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• बर्बरीक: O Barbarīka
• बर्बरीक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्बरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• महाबल: O mighty one
• महाबल: Sambodhana (Address qualifier/सम्बोधन-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महत् बलं यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन (बर्बरीक इति विशेषण)

• मुंच: release! let go!
• मुंच: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• भरतश्रेष्ठम्: the best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भरतानां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (एनम् इति विशेषण)

• भीमम्: Bhīma
• भीमम्: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (एनम् इति समानाधिकरण)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• पितामहम्: grandfather; ancestor
• पितामहम्: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Barbarīka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, radiant in the sky, addresses Barbarīka with commanding gesture; Barbarīka’s fierce posture begins to soften; Bhīma is shown restrained but unbroken.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Barbarīka
• Bhīma
• Bharatas
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine authority restrains violence and reminds beings of kinship and duty; dharma includes recognizing relational obligations.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The command occurs at the ocean shore context introduced just before, but no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.