Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

भैरवाद्भैरवी मूर्तिरत्रायाता मनोहरा । संहारभैरवो नाम द्रष्टव्यः स प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

bhairavādbhairavī mūrtiratrāyātā manoharā | saṃhārabhairavo nāma draṣṭavyaḥ sa prayatnataḥ

Translation

Mula kay Bhairava, ang kaakit-akit na anyong Bhairavī ay nahayag dito. Siya’y tinatawag na Saṃhārabhairava; hanapin at masdan siya nang may taimtim na pagsisikap.

Word by Word

• भैरवात्: from Bhairava
• भैरवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; sandhi: भैरवात् + भैरवी → भैरवाद्भैरवी

• भैरवी: Bhairavī (goddess/form)
• भैरवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मूर्तिः: form, manifestation
• मूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• आयाता: having come
• आयाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-या (धातु) → आयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having come’

• मनोहरा: charming
• मनोहरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘charming’

• संहारभैरवः: Saṃhāra-bhairava
• संहारभैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहार + भैरव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संहारस्य भैरवः)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपात (quotative particle: ‘by name’)

• द्रष्टव्यः: should be seen
• द्रष्टव्यः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be seen’

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort, diligently
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial ablative); ‘with effort/diligently’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃhārabhairava

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce yet captivating Bhairava form appears in Kāśī—Saṃhārabhairava—surrounded by a halo of flames, with devotees approaching cautiously and resolutely, guided by lamps through narrow lanes.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Bhairavī
• Saṃhārabhairava
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s fierce-divine forms are to be approached with reverence and intention; darśana is presented as spiritually decisive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The manifestation/site of Saṃhārabhairava in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescription of diligent darśana—seek and behold Saṃhārabhairava with effort (prayatnataḥ).