Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भ्रमरैः सर्वमुत्सृज्य निलीनं रावसंयुतम् । यथा संसारमुत्सृज्य भक्तेन हरपादयोः

Transliteration

bhramaraiḥ sarvamutsṛjya nilīnaṃ rāvasaṃyutam | yathā saṃsāramutsṛjya bhaktena harapādayoḥ

Translation

وہاں بھنورے سب کچھ چھوڑ کر گنگناتے ہوئے ٹھہر گئے تھے؛ جیسے بھکت دنیاوی بندھن ترک کر کے ہَر (شیو) کے قدموں میں محو ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• भ्रमरैः: by bees
• भ्रमरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘by bees’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘everything’

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् + √सृज् (धातु) → उत्सृज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having abandoned’

• निलीनम्: hidden/settled
• निलीनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + √ली (धातु) → निलीन (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘hidden/settled’

• राव: sound
• राव: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound); ‘sound/cry’

• संयुतम्: joined with
• संयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘joined with’

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक (comparative particle): ‘just as’

• संसारम्: worldly existence
• संसारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘worldly existence’

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् + √सृज् (धातु) → उत्सृज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having abandoned’

• भक्तेन: by a devotee
• भक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by a devotee’

• हर: of Hara (Śiva)
• हर: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): हरस्य पादौ; first member stem

• पादयोः: at the two feet
• पादयोः: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), द्विवचन; समासपद: हरपादयोः ‘at the feet of Hara’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of bees clustered on blossoms, wings still, bodies settled, creating a continuous hum; in the background, a subtle devotional motif—Śiva’s feet or a liṅga suggested as the inner focus.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ideal of bhakti is single-pointed absorption: like bees fixed in fragrant blossoms, the devotee abandons saṁsāra and rests in Śiva’s feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified grove in the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-region; the verse culminates the place-description with a Śaiva devotional metaphor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the prescription is devotional orientation—tyāga of saṁsāra and refuge in Hara’s feet (Śiva-bhakti).