Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भिक्षाटनं कृतं येन पुरा दारुवने विभुः । शप्तोयं भिक्षुको रुद्रो भवद्भिः सखिभिस्तदा

Transliteration

bhikṣāṭanaṃ kṛtaṃ yena purā dāruvane vibhuḥ | śaptoyaṃ bhikṣuko rudro bhavadbhiḥ sakhibhistadā

Translation

وہی ربّ جس نے کبھی داروون میں بھیک مانگتے ہوئے بھکشاٹَن کیا، وہی رودر فقیر کے روپ میں اُس وقت تم اور تمہارے ساتھیوں کے ہاتھوں ملعون ٹھہرا تھا۔

Word by Word

• भिक्षाटनम्: begging-round, mendicancy
• भिक्षाटनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षाटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• दारुवने: in the Dāru forest
• दारुवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (दारूणां वनम्)

• विभुः: the Lord, the mighty one
• विभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भिक्षुकः: mendicant, beggar
• भिक्षुकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘भिक्षुकः’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• भवद्भिः: by you (honorific, plural)
• भवद्भिः: Kartr (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोग

• सखिभिः: by (your) friends
• सखिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

Speaker

Devī (deduced continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāruvana (as remembered sacred episode within Kedāra teaching)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā and/or the assembly in Kedāra narrative (Brahmā implicated by ‘you and your companions’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra as a radiant mendicant (bhikṣuka) wandering in Dāruvana; forest-dwelling sages and their companions react with suspicion and pronounce a curse—tension between outer propriety and inner divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Dāruvana (Dāru forest)
• Mendicant form (Bhikṣuka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misjudging the divine in humble disguise leads to grave error; true discernment recognizes Śiva beyond appearances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāruvana is referenced as a mythic locale; within Kedārakhaṇḍa, such episodes reinforce Śiva’s greatness that sanctifies pilgrimage places like Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse cautions against irreverence and supports the necessity of proper worship and recognition.