Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

रणाजिरं भूय एत्य बर्बरीकं वचोऽब्रवीत् । चरन्नेवं सुहृदय सर्वलोकेषु नित्यशः

Transliteration

raṇājiraṃ bhūya etya barbarīkaṃ vaco'bravīt | carannevaṃ suhṛdaya sarvalokeṣu nityaśaḥ

Translation

మళ్లీ యుద్ధరంగానికి వచ్చి అతడు బర్బరీకునితో ఇలా అన్నాడు—“హే సుహృదయా, ఇలానే నిత్యం సమస్త లోకాలలో సంచరించుము.”

Word by Word

• रणाजिरम्: the battlefield
• रणाजिरम्: Gati (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/तुल्य)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• एत्य: having gone/come
• एत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इ (धातु) → एत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): having gone/come

• बर्बरीकम्: Barbarīka
• बर्बरीकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्बरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वचः: words, speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चरन्: moving about, acting
• चरन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर् (धातु) → चरन्त् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि (present active participle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/in this way)

• सुहृदय: O good-hearted friend
• सुहृदय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (पाठे ‘सुहृदय’ = voc. of सुहृद्)

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (all worlds)

• नित्यशः: always
• नित्यशः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always/constantly)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reporting instruction given to Barbarīka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Back on the battlefield, a commanding figure addresses Barbarīka, instructing him to roam continually through all worlds; the scene blends war-ground with a visionary map of lokas above.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The virtuous are commissioned for the welfare of the worlds; compassion is presented as a cosmic duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it supports the broader chapter’s praise of Guptakṣetra and related sacred locales.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction within the narrative.