Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विप्रतीकस्य तनयः पुष्पदन्तो बभूव ह । रुमण्वानिति विख्यातः परसैन्यविमर्दनः

Transliteration

vipratīkasya tanayaḥ puṣpadanto babhūva ha | rumaṇvāniti vikhyātaḥ parasainyavimardanaḥ

Translation

وكان ابنُ فيبرتيكا هو بُشبدنتا، مشهورًا باسم رُماṇفان، ساحقًا لجيوش الأعداء.

Word by Word

• विप्रतीकस्य: of Vipratīka
• विप्रतीकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुष्पदन्तः: Puṣpadanta
• पुष्पदन्तः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (proper name)

• बभूव: became/was born
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ह: indeed
• ह: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• रुमण्वान्: Rumaṇvān
• रुमण्वान्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुमण्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus, called
• इति: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नाम-परिसमाप्ति (quotative particle)

• विख्यातः: renowned, well-known
• विख्यातः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• परसैन्यविमर्दनः: destroyer of enemy armies
• परसैन्यविमर्दनः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + सैन्य + विमर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (para-sainya-vimardana = crusher of enemy-armies)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warrior youth, Puṣpadanta/Rumaṇvān, depicted with bow or sword, standing before routed enemy ranks; banners and dust of battle, yet with dharmic composure.

Characters & Entities

• Vipratīka
• Puṣpadanta
• Rumaṇvān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Martial strength is framed as dharmic when it protects order and restrains hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.