Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तयोः सुतप्ततपसोर्भविता यो महान्सुतः । भविष्यति स दैत्यस्य तारकस्य निवारकः

Transliteration

tayoḥ sutaptatapasorbhavitā yo mahānsutaḥ | bhaviṣyati sa daityasya tārakasya nivārakaḥ

Translation

Aus diesen beiden, die in glühend strenger Askese (tapas) stehen, wird ein großer Sohn geboren werden; er wird der Bezwinger und Vernichter des Dämons Tāraka sein.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध

• सु-तप्त-तपसोः: of (the two) whose austerities are well-performed
• सु-तप्त-तपसोः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + तप्त (कृदन्त; √तप्) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सु-तप्तं तपः यस्य) → ‘well-performed austerity’; ‘तयोः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्ध

• भविता: the one who will be (born)
• भविता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-कालिकः कर्तरि कृदन्त (future active participle) ‘भवितृ’/‘भविता’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सुतः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दैत्यस्य: of the demon
• दैत्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तारकस्य: Tāraka’s
• तारकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘दैत्यस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• निवारकः: the remover, destroyer
• निवारकः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारक (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि + णिच् → निवारयति; तद्धित/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the paired blazing tapas of Śiva and Devī arises a great son destined to check and destroy Tāraka—an epic foreshadowing of divine warfare and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Mahān Suta (Skanda/Kumāra implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense tapas undertaken for dharma becomes the cause for divine intervention and the restoration of cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the Kaumāra narrative—Skanda’s destined role.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse highlights tapas (austerity) as the foundational spiritual power behind siddhi.