Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

हीयमानस्ततो भीम उद्यतोऽभूत्पुनः पुनः । अहीयत ततोऽप्यंग ववृधे बर्बरीककः

Transliteration

hīyamānastato bhīma udyato'bhūtpunaḥ punaḥ | ahīyata tato'pyaṃga vavṛdhe barbarīkakaḥ

Translation

بھیم کمزور پڑتا جاتا تھا، پھر بھی بار بار اٹھ کھڑا ہوتا۔ مگر اے عزیز، وہ پھر بھی پیچھے ہٹتا گیا، اور بربریک برابر بڑھتا ہی چلا گیا۔

Word by Word

• hīyamānaḥ: being diminished / decreasing
• hīyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīy (धातु) + śatṛ/śānac (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदे शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive/ātmanepada participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अवधारण/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• bhīma: O Bhīma
• bhīma: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• udyataḥ: raised, ready (to strike)
• udyataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√yam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘उद्यत’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• abhūt: became, was
• abhūt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• ahīyata: was diminished
• ahīyata: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hīy (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (was diminished)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• api: also, even
• api: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• aṅga: O dear / indeed
• aṅga: Discourse particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aṅga (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• vavṛdhe: grew, increased
• vavṛdhe: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• barbarīkakaḥ: Barbarīkaka
• barbarīkakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barbarīkaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dust-filled battlefield: Bhīma repeatedly rises, battered and breathless, while Barbarīka stands increasingly radiant and unwearied, his posture firm and dominant.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Barbarīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistence is noble, but outcomes still unfold under larger cosmic order; dharma includes accepting when divine will overrides personal strength.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.