Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मासनगतो बभूव शिवसन्निधौ । प्रवर्तमाने हवन ऋषयश्च विचक्षणाः

Transliteration

brahmā brahmāsanagato babhūva śivasannidhau | pravartamāne havana ṛṣayaśca vicakṣaṇāḥ

Translation

พระพรหมประทับบนพรหมาสนะและอยู่ใกล้พระศิวะ; ครั้นเมื่อพิธีหวนเริ่มดำเนิน เหล่าฤษีผู้รอบรู้ก็พร้อมกันมาชุมนุม

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मासन: Brahmā’s seat; Brahma-seat
• ब्रह्मासन: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• गतः: gone; seated/arrived
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मासनगतः: seated on the Brahma-seat
• ब्रह्मासनगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मासन + गत (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: ‘on the seat’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘ब्रह्मा’)

• बभूव: became/was
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिव: Śiva
• शिव: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• शिवसन्निधौ: in Śiva’s presence
• शिवसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्रवर्तमाने: while (it) was proceeding
• प्रवर्तमाने: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वृत् (धातु) + शानच् (कृत्)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले (present participle, Ātmanepada sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• हवनम्: the offering/oblation (rite)
• हवनम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सम्बद्ध (understood as ‘हवने’)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विचक्षणाः: discerning/wise
• विचक्षणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘ऋषयः’)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa Kedāra-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā sits on his exalted seat near Śiva as the havana begins; discerning sages gather in orderly rows, the altar blazing, the atmosphere charged with sacred attention.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śiva
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is enacted, the highest cosmic authorities and sages become witnesses—ritual is portrayed as a universe-ordering act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa context links the scene to the Kedāra sacred region celebrated for Śaiva pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The commencement of havana (homa) in the presence of Brahmā, Śiva, and assembled ṛṣis.