Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

वायुं पदा तदाक्षिप्य पातयामास भूतले । धनेशं तद्धनुष्कोट्या कुट्टयामास कोपनः

Transliteration

vāyuṃ padā tadākṣipya pātayāmāsa bhūtale | dhaneśaṃ taddhanuṣkoṭyā kuṭṭayāmāsa kopanaḥ

Translation

Mit einem Tritt, beiseite geschleudert, warf er Vāyu zu Boden; und im Zorn schlug er Dhaneśa (Kubera) mit der Spitze seines Bogens.

Word by Word

• वायुम्: Vāyu (wind-god)
• वायुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पदा: with the foot
• पदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: then/that
• तत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (क्रियाविशेषण-भावे ‘then/that’)

• आक्षिप्य: having struck/dragged/jerked
• आक्षिप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• पातयामास: felled/caused to fall
• पातयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु; causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनेशम्: Dhanēśa (Kubera)
• धनेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनस्य ईशः)

• तद्धनुष्कोट्या: with the tip/end of his bow
• तद्धनुष्कोट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + धनुस् + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य धनुषः कोट्या)

• कुट्टयामास: pounded/beat
• कुट्टयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कुट्ट् (धातु; intensive/causative-like denom)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कोपनः: wrathful
• कोपनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (qualifying daitya understood)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon kicks Vāyu and flings him down to the earth; then, raging, he batters Kubera (Dhaneśa) with the tip of his bow—an indignity that topples the lord of wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Dhaneśa (Kubera)
• Dānava/Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly powers—wealth (Kubera) and force of nature (Vāyu)—are not ultimate; dharma is upheld by divine purpose, not by any single power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography appears explicitly; the passage is a combat sequence within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.