Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा सहसा विघ्नमभिषेके षडाननः । त्यक्त्वा तु तत्र संस्थानं चचार विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā vighnamabhiṣeke ṣaḍānanaḥ | tyaktvā tu tatra saṃsthānaṃ cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

فلما رأى العائق المفاجئ في طقس التكريس، ترك الرب ذو الوجوه الستة (Ṣaḍānana) ذلك الموضع ومضى يمارس تقشّفًا عظيمًا (تَبَسْيَا).

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (object)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having seen’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अभिषेके: in the consecration (rite)
• अभिषेके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• षडाननः: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• षडाननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + ānana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘षड् आननानि यस्य’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, ‘having abandoned’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• संस्थानम्: abode/place
• संस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चचार: practised/went about
• चचार: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: great/abundant
• विपुलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ṣaḍānana (Kārttikeya) perceives an abrupt impediment during abhiṣeka preparations, turns away from the ritual site, and proceeds into a forested riverside landscape to perform intense tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaḍānana (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Vighna
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When obstacles arise, tapas (disciplined austerity) is upheld as a supreme means to restore auspiciousness and inner authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it emphasizes Skanda’s response within the Revā-khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is presented as the remedial spiritual practice when a rite faces vighna.