Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवंविधं मुनेस्तस्य भृगोराश्रममंडलम् । विप्रैस्त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः सर्वतः समलंकृतम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhaṃ munestasya bhṛgorāśramamaṃḍalam | vipraistraividyasaṃyuktaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtam

Translation

Ganyan ang nasasakupan ng ashram ng pantas na si Bhṛgu—sa lahat ng dako’y pinaganda ng mga Brāhmaṇa na may taglay na tatluhang kaalamang Veda.

Word by Word

• एवंविधम्: such (of this kind)
• एवंविधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (एवं विधम् = such a kind)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (pronoun)

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आश्रममण्डलम्: the hermitage precinct/compound
• आश्रममण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आश्रमस्य मण्डलम्)

• विप्रैः: by Brahmins
• विप्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः: endowed with the three Vedas
• त्रैविद्यसंयुक्तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैविद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तृतीया-बहुवचन विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रैविद्येन संयुक्ताः)

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिग्वाचक/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (from all sides)

• समलङ्कृतम्: well-adorned
• समलङ्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अलङ्कृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (adjectival passive participle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), as narrator within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-āśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A spacious hermitage compound with thatched huts and yajña-vedis, filled with brāhmaṇas reciting the three Vedas; the place appears ‘adorned’ by their presence and ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Brāhmaṇas
• Three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is sanctified not only by nature but by learned, disciplined Brāhmaṇas who uphold Vedic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Bhṛgu’s āśrama-maṇḍala (hermitage precinct) rather than a named pilgrimage tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; it extols traividya (Vedic mastery) and the presence of Veda-knowing Brāhmaṇas.