Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

भृगूणामन्वये भूत्वा कृतवीर्यात्मजो हतः । इतोप्यस्मान्महाविष्णो तथैव परिपालय

Transliteration

bhṛgūṇāmanvaye bhūtvā kṛtavīryātmajo hataḥ | itopyasmānmahāviṣṇo tathaiva paripālaya

Translation

เมื่อทรงอุบัติในวงศ์ภฤคุ พระองค์ทรงปราบโอรสแห่งกฤตวีรยะ (การ์ตวีรยอรชุน) และบัดนี้ด้วยเถิด โอ้มหาวิษณุ ขอทรงคุ้มครองพวกเราดุจเดิม

Word by Word

• भृगूणाम्: of the Bhṛgus
• भृगूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अन्वये: in the lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वान्त (क्त्वा) अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• कृतवीर्य-आत्मजः: the son of Kṛtavīrya
• कृतवीर्य-आत्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtavīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृतवीर्यस्य आत्मजः)

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• इतः: from this; thereafter
• इतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb: 'from here/thereafter')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also; even)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), बहुवचन

• महाविष्णो: O Mahāviṣṇu
• महाविष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् विष्णुः)

• तथा: thus; in the same way
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• परिपालय: protect; preserve
• परिपालय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√pāl (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma (Bhṛgu-lineage avatāra) confronting and slaying Kārtavīryārjuna (son of Kṛtavīrya), followed by a devotional turn: devas (or supplicants) with folded hands appealing to Mahāviṣṇu for ongoing protection in the Himalayan sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Paraśurāma (implied)
• Kṛtavīrya
• Kārtavīryārjuna (implied)
• Mahāviṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past divine interventions become the basis for present surrender: remembering grace strengthens trust in protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-kṣetra narrative frame remains, but this verse focuses on avatāra history and a plea for protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the act is supplication (prārthanā) and devotional recollection.