Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

शस्त्रप्राहारैः स्वांगानि चिच्छिदुश्चातिभीषणाः । ते तथा विलयं प्राप्ता दाक्षायण्या समं तदा

Transliteration

śastraprāhāraiḥ svāṃgāni cicchiduścātibhīṣaṇāḥ | te tathā vilayaṃ prāptā dākṣāyaṇyā samaṃ tadā

Translation

অস্ত্রের আঘাতে তারা নিজেদের অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গ ছিন্নভিন্ন করে ফেলল, যা দেখতে অতি ভীষণ ছিল। এভাবেই তারা দাক্ষায়ণীর (সতী) সাথে বিলীন হয়ে গেল।

Word by Word

• शस्त्रप्राहारैः: by blows of weapons
• शस्त्रप्राहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (शस्त्रेण प्रहारः)

• स्वाङ्गानि: their own limbs
• स्वाङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; कर्मधारयः (स्वानि अङ्गानि)

• चिच्छिदुः: they cut
• चिच्छिदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd pl

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

• अतिभीषणाः: exceedingly dreadful
• अतिभीषणाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभावसमासः (अति + भीषण) विशेषण (ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय — adverb

• विलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्राप्ताः: having reached, having met with
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) + प्र उपसर्ग; प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इत्यस्य विधेय

• दाक्षायण्या: with Dākṣāyaṇī (Satī)
• दाक्षायण्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षायणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (सह/समं-अर्थे)

• समम्: together, along with
• समम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहभाववाचक-अव्यय — adverb (‘together/along with’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय — temporal adverb

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A horrific tableau: fierce beings sever their own limbs with weapon blows; the scene culminates in total dissolution, linked in the narration with Dākṣāyaṇī’s own catastrophic end.

Characters & Entities

• Dākṣāyaṇī (Satī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective complicity in adharma brings collective suffering; sacred acts demand sacred intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it remains within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s pilgrimage frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description of catastrophic consequences.