Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पुराणश्रुतिसंपन्नं भक्तिनृत्यसमन्वितम् । विनिद्रंक्षृत्तृषास्वादस्पृहाहीनं च भारत

Transliteration

purāṇaśrutisaṃpannaṃ bhaktinṛtyasamanvitam | vinidraṃkṣṛttṛṣāsvādaspṛhāhīnaṃ ca bhārata

Translation

婆罗多啊，以诵读《往世书》与聆听圣教而充盈；伴随奉爱之舞；不眠，并远离对滋味、饥饿、口渴与放纵欲求的贪著——

Word by Word

• purāṇa: Purāṇa
• purāṇa: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• śruti: Vedic revelation
• śruti: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• saṃpannam: endowed with, furnished with
• saṃpannam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pad (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhakti: devotion
• bhakti: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• nṛtya: dance
• nṛtya: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• samanvitam: accompanied by, possessed of
• samanvitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anv-i (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vi: apart, without (prefix)
• vi: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi (उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग (prefix)

• nidram: sleep
• nidram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नञर्थे (as object of negation in compound)

• kṣut: hunger
• kṣut: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣut (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• tṛṣā: thirst
• tṛṣā: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• āsvāda: taste, enjoyment
• āsvāda: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• spṛhā: craving, desire
• spṛhā: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: spṛhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• hīnam: devoid of
• hīnam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; (वर्जित/रहित)

• ca: and
• ca: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative ‘Bhārata’ retained from earlier dialogue tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-long satsanga: a reciter on a low seat reads Purāṇic passages; devotees listen with folded hands; some perform gentle devotional dance; lamps and incense glow; faces show wakeful serenity and restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇa-śruti
• bhakti-nṛtya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional celebration is paired with restraint: hearing sacred lore and dancing in bhakti while renouncing cravings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the vrata’s inner discipline and devotional culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stay awake, engage in Purāṇic hearing/recitation and devotional dance, and avoid cravings for taste, hunger, thirst, and sensual hankering.