Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

यथा वायुर्घनाटोपं यदवार्यं दिशां मुखे । शक्रोऽथ क्रोधसंरंभान्न विशेषयते यदा

Transliteration

yathā vāyurghanāṭopaṃ yadavāryaṃ diśāṃ mukhe | śakro'tha krodhasaṃraṃbhānna viśeṣayate yadā

Translation

Wie der Wind eine Wolkenmasse vor sich hertreibt, unaufhaltsam vor allen Himmelsrichtungen, so auch Śakra: Wenn ihn der Ansturm des Zorns ergreift, unterscheidet er nicht mehr Maß und Zügelung.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान-सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (correlative/comparative adverb: as/just as)

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• घनाटोपम्: the mass of clouds
• घनाटोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन (प्रातिपदिक) + आटोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: घनानाम् आटोपः (mass/array of clouds)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अवार्यम्: irresistible/unavoidable
• अवार्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-वार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग-निषेध (unpreventable); विशेषणम् (qualifying यत्/घनाटोपम्)

• दिशाम्: of the directions
• दिशाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मुखे: in front/at the face (opening)
• मुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• क्रोधसंरंभात्: from (his) angry fury
• क्रोधसंरंभात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + संरंभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: क्रोधस्य संरंभः (fury born of anger)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विशेषयते: distinguishes/discriminates
• विशेषयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शिष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śakra, eyes blazing, drives forward like a gale pushing a wall of clouds; the directions seem unable to resist; his posture shows unmeasured fury.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vāyu (as simile)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger overwhelms discernment; dharma is protected by restraint and clear discrimination even in conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it offers an ethical observation about krodha (anger).