Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रस्तु भगवान्कुमारं शरणं गतः । स्तवं दिव्यं संप्रचक्रे महासेनस्य चापि सः

Transliteration

viśvāmitrastu bhagavānkumāraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | stavaṃ divyaṃ saṃpracakre mahāsenasya cāpi saḥ

Translation

Der ehrwürdige Viśvāmitra nahm Zuflucht bei Kumāra und verfasste auch einen göttlichen Hymnus zu Mahāsena.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.; proper name)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• भगवान्: venerable, blessed
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• कुमारम्: Kumāra (Skanda)
• कुमारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• गतः: went, resorted
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) परस्मैपद-भावे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.), क्रियापदवत्: ‘has gone’

• स्तवम्: hymn, praise
• स्तवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• सम्प्रचक्रे: composed/performed
• सम्प्रचक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (3rd sg. perfect, middle): ‘performed/undertook’

• महासेनस्य: of Mahāsena
• महासेनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (masc. gen. sg.; epithet of Skanda)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle): ‘also’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāra/Mahāsena (deity-centered rather than place-specific here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra, austere and radiant from tapas, stands with folded hands before Kumāra/Mahāsena—youthful, spear-bearing, crowned, surrounded by divine attendants—while the hymn takes form as luminous syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Kumāra
• Mahāsena
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the deity—is presented as a powerful dharmic response, leading into sacred praise (stotra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; the focus is on Mahāsena/Skanda’s divinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stotra-pāṭha (recitation of a hymn) is introduced, though details appear in subsequent verses.