Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

भृगूणामन्वये भूत्वा कृतवीर्यात्मजो हतः । इतोप्यस्मान्महाविष्णो तथैव परिपालय

Transliteration

bhṛgūṇāmanvaye bhūtvā kṛtavīryātmajo hataḥ | itopyasmānmahāviṣṇo tathaiva paripālaya

Translation

بھِرگو کے وَنش میں جنم لے کر آپ نے کِرتویرْی کے پُتر (کارتویرْیارْجُن) کا وध کیا۔ اب بھی، اے مہا وِشنو، اسی طرح ہماری حفاظت فرمائیے۔

Word by Word

• भृगूणाम्: of the Bhṛgus
• भृगूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अन्वये: in the lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Sambandha (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वान्त (क्त्वा) अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• कृतवीर्य-आत्मजः: the son of Kṛtavīrya
• कृतवीर्य-आत्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtavīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृतवीर्यस्य आत्मजः)

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• इतः: from this; thereafter
• इतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb: 'from here/thereafter')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also; even)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), बहुवचन

• महाविष्णो: O Mahāviṣṇu
• महाविष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् विष्णुः)

• तथा: thus; in the same way
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• परिपालय: protect; preserve
• परिपालय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√pāl (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma (Bhṛgu-lineage avatāra) confronting and slaying Kārtavīryārjuna (son of Kṛtavīrya), followed by a devotional turn: devas (or supplicants) with folded hands appealing to Mahāviṣṇu for ongoing protection in the Himalayan sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Paraśurāma (implied)
• Kṛtavīrya
• Kārtavīryārjuna (implied)
• Mahāviṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past divine interventions become the basis for present surrender: remembering grace strengthens trust in protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-kṣetra narrative frame remains, but this verse focuses on avatāra history and a plea for protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the act is supplication (prārthanā) and devotional recollection.