Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तिरोधानं गतः सद्यो भगवान्कमलेक्षणः । इंद्रोऽपि कदनं कृत्वा दैत्यानां परमाद्भुतम्

Transliteration

tirodhānaṃ gataḥ sadyo bhagavānkamalekṣaṇaḥ | iṃdro'pi kadanaṃ kṛtvā daityānāṃ paramādbhutam

Translation

Der selige Herr, lotusäugig, entschwand sogleich. Da richtete auch Indra unter den Dämonen ein höchst wunderbares Gemetzel an.

Word by Word

• तिरोधानम्: disappearance, concealment
• तिरोधानम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिरोधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतः: went/entered
• गतः: Kriya (Motion/state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'immediately')

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कमलेक्षणः: lotus-eyed (one)
• कमलेक्षणः: Karta (Appositive epithet/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः (one whose eyes are like lotuses)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: 'also/even')

• कदनम्: slaughter, destruction
• कदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परमाद्भुतम्: most wonderful
• परमाद्भुतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, lotus-eyed, vanishes in a flash of light; immediately the scene shifts to Indra leading a dazzling, astonishing rout of daityas amid storm-clouds and lightning.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (lotus-eyed Lord)
• Indra
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power shifts quickly in cosmic events; victory without restraint can become adharma if it turns into excess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra region is the broader setting of Kedārakhaṇḍa, but this verse itself is narrative and not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.