Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

भीमश्च वंचयित्वा तामुत्प्लुत्य बहिराव्रजत् । भर्त्सयंतौ ततश्चोभावन्योन्यं भीमविक्रमौ

Transliteration

bhīmaśca vaṃcayitvā tāmutplutya bahirāvrajat | bhartsayaṃtau tataścobhāvanyonyaṃ bhīmavikramau

Translation

怖军（Bhīma）避开了那一击，纵身跃出。随后，这两位神力惊人的勇士便开始互相辱骂。

Word by Word

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वञ्चयित्वा: having deceived
• वञ्चयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वञ्चय् (धातु; causative of √वञ्च्) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): ‘having deceived’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्प्लुत्य: having jumped up
• उत्प्लुत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्√प्लु (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): ‘having leapt up’

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: outside)

• आव्रजत्: went out, departed
• आव्रजत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भर्त्सयन्तौ: (the two) scolding
• भर्त्सयन्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भर्त्सय् (धातु) शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; ‘(two) scolding’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (then/from there)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्योन्यम्: each other
• अन्योन्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Reciprocal/परस्पर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् अव्यय-प्रयोगः; परस्परम् (reciprocally)

• भीम-विक्रमौ: both of terrible prowess
• भीम-विक्रमौ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः (भीमः विक्रमः यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (deduced; third-person description within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma springs out from the pond, water streaming from his limbs, while both warriors stand facing each other, exchanging fierce insults with aggressive gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Suhṛdaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even near sacred places, ego and deceit can erupt into conflict; dharma requires sincerity, not clever escape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred pond) context is present, but the verse does not provide its name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative depiction emphasizing proper conduct around holy waters.