Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

बीजान्युद्धृत्य वै ताभ्यो माला चैकवृता कृता । शंभुना कथिता चैव पार्वत्यग्रे नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

bījānyuddhṛtya vai tābhyo mālā caikavṛtā kṛtā | śaṃbhunā kathitā caiva pārvatyagre nṛpottama

Translation

Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng vua, từ đó người ta trích lấy các âm tiết chủng tử (bīja) và kết thành một chuỗi một sợi (công thức thần chú); rồi Śambhu truyền dạy trước mặt Pārvatī.

Word by Word

• बीजानि: seeds (syllable-seeds)
• बीजानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• उद्धृत्य: having extracted
• उद्धृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• ताभ्यः: from them
• ताभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• माला: garland, rosary
• माला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकवृता: single-circled, one-looped
• एकवृता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + वृता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृता: was made
• कृता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे (passive sense: 'was made')

• शंभुना: by Śambhu
• शंभुना: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथिता: was told
• कथिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे (passive sense: 'was told')

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पार्वत्यग्रे: before Pārvatī
• पार्वत्यग्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पार्वती + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; सप्तमी-अर्थे अव्यय (in the presence of)

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu extracts glowing bīja-syllables from a field of mantras; the syllables string themselves into a single-thread garland/mālā; Pārvatī watches attentively as the teaching is delivered.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tradition links mantra practice to divine instruction, presenting japa structures (mālā/sequence) as revealed, not invented.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account supports the Śiva-tīrtha’s māhātmya in Dharmāraṇya by grounding its power in Śiva’s revealed mantra tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-mālā (rosary-like sequence) derived from bīja syllables is described, implying japa usage though details are not specified here.