Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

ततस्तार्क्षअयं समारुद्य हरिस्तस्मिन्महारणे । ताम्रचूडं महासेन स्तारकं चाप्यधावताम्

Transliteration

tatastārkṣaayaṃ samārudya haristasminmahāraṇe | tāmracūḍaṃ mahāsena stārakaṃ cāpyadhāvatām

Translation

Dann, in jener großen Schlacht, bestieg Hari Tārkṣya (Garuḍa). Mahāsena stürmte auf Tāmracūḍa zu und ebenso auf Tāraka.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनुक्रम-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• tārkṣyam: Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• tārkṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārkṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गरुड-नाम

• samārudya: having mounted
• samārudya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-ruh (रुह्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• mahāraṇe: in the great battle
• mahāraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् रणम्)

• tāmra-cūḍam: Tāmracūḍa (one with a copper crest)
• tāmra-cūḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक) + cūḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (ताम्रा चूडा यस्य सः) नामरूपेण

• mahāsena: O Mahāsena
• mahāsena: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāsena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• tārakam: Tāraka
• tārakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भाव-अव्यय (also/even)

• adhāvatām: (the two) ran/charged
• adhāvatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhāv (धाव्-धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अ (आङ्/अधि-भावे)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari ascends Garuḍa in the thick of war; simultaneously Mahāsena charges toward Tāmracūḍa and Tāraka—two converging lines of attack amid dust, weapons, and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• Mahāsena (Skanda)
• Tāmracūḍa
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s defense is portrayed as a coordinated divine effort—Hari and Skanda act together to subdue the forces of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; the verse is purely narrative of the battle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.