Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

भैरवेश्वररूपस्तु वाडवः कुम्भसंस्थितः । यत्र देव्या समानीतः सागरस्य समीपतः

Transliteration

bhairaveśvararūpastu vāḍavaḥ kumbhasaṃsthitaḥ | yatra devyā samānītaḥ sāgarasya samīpataḥ

Translation

وہاں دیوی نے واڑَو (سمندری آگ) کو لا کر ایک گھڑے میں بند کیا؛ وہ بھیرَوَیشور کی صورت اختیار کیے سمندر کے قریب تھا۔

Word by Word

• bhairava-īśvara-rūpaḥ: (one) of the form of Bhairaveśvara
• bhairava-īśvara-rūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘having the form of Bhairaveśvara’)

• tu: and/but
• tu: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive)

• vāḍavaḥ: Vāḍava (a being/name)
• vāḍavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• kumbha-saṃsthitaḥ: situated in a pot
• kumbha-saṃsthitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kumbha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (sam-√sthā धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vāḍavaḥ’); समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘situated in a pot’)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ-करण), एकवचन

• samānītaḥ: brought
• samānītaḥ: Karma (Object described/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (धातु) ; क्त-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vāḍavaḥ’)

• sāgarasya: of the ocean
• sāgarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• samīpataḥ: near
• samīpataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samīpatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: from/at near)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (Vaḍava-kumbha-sthita)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess brings the roaring Vaḍavānala and seals it in a kumbha (pot); beside the sea stands a dark, fierce Bhairaveśvara liṅga with flames subdued into a contained glow.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara
• Vāḍava (Vaḍavānala)
• Devī
• Ocean (Sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic forces are restrained and harmonized through divine agency; sacred sites memorialize that protective act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A coastal Prabhāsa-kṣetra locale associated with Bhairaveśvara and the containment of the Vāḍava fire.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it narrates a mythic installation/containment linked to the shrine’s identity.