Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115
Devanagari script
हिमाद्रि प्रमुखाश्चापि समुद्यम्य महीधरान् । भृशमुन्नदतो देवान्धावतो वीक्ष्य तारकः
Transliteration
himādri pramukhāścāpi samudyamya mahīdharān | bhṛśamunnadato devāndhāvato vīkṣya tārakaḥ
Translation
হিমাদ্রি প্রভৃতি পর্বতকে অস্ত্ররূপে তুলে, দেবগণ যখন ভয়ংকর গর্জনে ধাবিত হলেন, তখন তারক তাদের আক্রমণ দেখে প্রতিরোধে দৃঢ় হল।
Word by Word
हिमाद्रिHimālaya (snow-mountain)
हिमाद्रि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमाद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—हिमस्य अद्रिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
प्रमुखाःchief, foremost
प्रमुखाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-भावार्थक-निपात (particle)
समुद्यम्यhaving lifted up
समुद्यम्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+उद्+यम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘समुद्यम्य’ = उठापयित्वा/उत्थाप्य (having lifted/raised)
महीधरान्mountains (earth-bearers)
महीधरान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहीधर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—महीम् धरतीति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
भृशम्greatly, intensely
भृशम्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
उन्नदतःof (him) roaring
उन्नदतः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्+नद् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘उन्नदतः’ = गर्जतः (of one roaring)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
धावतःof (them) running
धावतः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘धावतः’ = पलायतः/धावमानस्य (of one running)
वीक्ष्यhaving seen
वीक्ष्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि+ईक्ष् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘वीक्ष्य’ = दृष्ट्वा (having seen)
तारकःTāraka
तारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Characters & Entities
H
Himādri (Himālaya)D
DevasT
TārakaFAQs
When adharma grows bold, the very pillars of the world—symbolized by mountains—rise to support the restoration of order.
No single tīrtha is praised; Himādri is referenced as a cosmic landmark rather than a pilgrimage instruction.
None in this verse.