Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 185
Devanagari script
लिहंतः सृक्किणीं देवा वासुदेवादयस्तदा । दृष्ट्वा तत्कर्म देवानां तारकोऽतुलविक्रमः
Transliteration
lihaṃtaḥ sṛkkiṇīṃ devā vāsudevādayastadā | dṛṣṭvā tatkarma devānāṃ tārako'tulavikramaḥ
Translation
Da sahen die Götter — Vāsudeva und die anderen — sich über die Lippen leckend jene Tat der Devas; und auch Tāraka, von unvergleichlicher Kraft, erblickte sie.
Word by Word
लिहन्तःlicking
लिहन्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootलिह् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त) → लिहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — 'licking' (used predicatively)
सृक्किणीम्(their) lips / mouth-corners
सृक्किणीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसृक्किणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'the corners of the mouth/lips'
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — 'the gods'
वासुदेव-आदयःVāsudeva and others
वासुदेव-आदयः:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: वासुदेव + आदि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — 'Vāsudeva and others'
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-viseshana (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb) — 'then'
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive) — 'having seen'
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'that' (qualifying कर्म)
कर्मdeed
कर्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'deed'
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — 'of the gods'
तारकःTāraka
तारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'Tāraka'
अतुलविक्रमःof incomparable prowess
अतुलविक्रमः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअतुल-विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: अतुल + विक्रम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'of incomparable valor' (qualifying तारकः)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devas led by Vāsudeva and others lick their lips in fierce anticipation, eyes fixed on the battlefield; across, Tāraka—mighty and unshaken—also watches, gauging the devas’ prowess.
Characters & Entities
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Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)D
DevasT
TārakaFAQs
Great deeds intensify both hope among the righteous and resistance among the powerful wicked—dharma’s contest becomes sharper.
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