Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 194
Devanagari script
मुमोच दानवेंद्रस्य दृढं वक्षसि केशवः । पपात चक्रं दैत्यस्य पतितं भास्करद्युति
Transliteration
mumoca dānaveṃdrasya dṛḍhaṃ vakṣasi keśavaḥ | papāta cakraṃ daityasya patitaṃ bhāskaradyuti
Translation
قذف كيشافا القرص بقوة إلى صدر سيّد الدانافا الصلب؛ فسقطت عجلة سلاح ذلك الديتيا المتلألئة كالشمس حين سقط هو.
Word by Word
mumocareleased, hurled
mumoca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘released/let go’
dānava-indrasyaof the demon-king
dānava-indrasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘दानवानाम् इन्द्रः’ (king of demons)
dṛḍhamfirmly, forcefully
dṛḍham:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially): ‘firmly’
vakṣasion the chest
vakṣasi:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
keśavaḥKeshava (Vishnu)
keśavaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkeśava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन
papātafell
papāta:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpat (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
cakramthe discus
cakram:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcakra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (subject of papāta)
daityasyaof the Daitya (demon)
daityasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन
patitamfallen
patitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpat (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र चक्रस्य विशेषणम् (qualifier of cakram): ‘fallen’
bhāskara-dyutihaving the radiance of the sun
bhāskara-dyuti:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भास्करस्य द्युतिः’ (sun-like radiance); चक्रस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Keśava hurls the discus into the demon-king’s chest; simultaneously the demon’s own sun-bright wheel/weapon drops as he collapses—radiance turning into defeat.
Characters & Entities
K
Keśava (Viṣṇu)D
Dānava leader (Tāraka implied)FAQs
Divine weapons symbolize the cutting power of dharma; when rightly wielded, they humble adharma even if it appears invincible.
No tīrtha is referenced.
None.