Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

भृगुं च पातयामास स्मश्रूणां लुंचनं कृतम् । द्विजांश्चोत्पाटयामास पूष्णो विकृतविक्रियान्

Transliteration

bhṛguṃ ca pātayāmāsa smaśrūṇāṃ luṃcanaṃ kṛtam | dvijāṃścotpāṭayāmāsa pūṣṇo vikṛtavikriyān

Translation

他击倒婆利古，并扯下其胡须；又拖拽诸“二生者”。而普尚的诸般职能被扭曲变形，怪异不堪。

Word by Word

• भृगुम्: Bhṛgu
• भृगुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पातयामास: caused to fall / struck down
• पातयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) caus. पातय (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• श्मश्रूणाम्: of the beards
• श्मश्रूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मश्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लुञ्चनम्: plucking (out)
• लुञ्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुञ्च् (धातु) + लुञ्चन (कृदन्त/ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक/क्रियावाचक (act of plucking)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (done)

• द्विजान्: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

• उत्पाटयामास: tore out / uprooted
• उत्पाटयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पट्/पाट् (धातु) caus. पाटय (णिच्) + उत्-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग (उत्) + णिच् (causative)

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विकृतविक्रियान्: with distorted condition/activities
• विकृतविक्रियान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (कृदन्त/क्त from कृ with वि-) + विक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (विकृता विक्रिया येषां/विक्रियाः = having distorted function/condition)

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra’s gaṇa-force strikes the officiants: Bhṛgu is felled and his beard torn; Pūṣan’s face and functions are disfigured; Brahmins are dragged in chaos around the vedi.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Dvijas (twice-born)
• Pūṣan

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride in ritual status is cautioned against; when sacred order is violated, the Purāṇas portray severe consequences even for eminent figures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra setting, though this verse centers on the disruption of sacrificial society.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the breaking of a yajña-related order rather than prescribing a rite.