Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जिते किलांधके दैत्ये गिरिशेनामरद्विषि । आडिश्चकार विपुलं तपो हरजिगीषया

Transliteration

jite kilāṃdhake daitye giriśenāmaradviṣi | āḍiścakāra vipulaṃ tapo harajigīṣayā

Translation

Als Andhaka, der Daitya—Feind der Götter—wahrhaft von Giriśa (Śiva) besiegt worden war, nahm Āḍi eine gewaltige Askese auf sich, in dem Wunsch, Hara (Śiva) zu bezwingen.

Word by Word

• जिते: when (he) was defeated
• जिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• किल: indeed
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — ‘indeed/it is said’

• अन्धके: in/with Andhaka (i.e., Andhaka being)
• अन्धके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute with जिते)

• दैत्ये: the demon
• दैत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositional to अन्धके)

• गिरिशेन: by Girīśa (Śiva)
• गिरिशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental)

• अमरद्विषि: in the hater of the gods (i.e., in the god-hating one)
• अमरद्विषि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विष् (धातु) → द्विष्/द्विषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (अमरान् द्वेष्टि इति)

• आडिः: Āḍi
• आडिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आडि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चकार: did / performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: great, abundant
• विपुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः-विशेषण)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हर: of Hara (Śiva)
• हर: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (within compound)

• जिगीषया: with the desire to conquer
• जिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जि (धातु) → जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रयोजने तृतीया (instrumental of purpose)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āḍi performing fierce austerities—standing on one leg, arms raised, surrounded by heat aura—while the memory of Andhaka’s defeat by Śiva is implied as a backdrop motif (Śiva’s emblem or distant vision).

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Giriśa (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Āḍi
• Amaras (gods, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is powerful but ethically neutral; when driven by ego and conquest, it becomes adharma rather than liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on the cosmic Śaiva conflict and motivations behind austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None as a prescription; it reports that Āḍi performed ‘vipula tapas’ with a hostile intention.