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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मुचुकुन्दं समाश्रित्य देवास्ते जयिनोऽभवन् । पुनः पुनर्विकुर्वाणा देवास्ते तारकेण हि

Transliteration

mucukundaṃ samāśritya devāste jayino'bhavan | punaḥ punarvikurvāṇā devāste tārakeṇa hi

Translation

Indem sie beim König Mucukunda Zuflucht nahmen, wurden jene Götter siegreich. Doch immer wieder gerieten eben diese Götter in Aufruhr und Verwirrung—wahrlich durch Tāraka.

Word by Word
मुचुकुन्दम्Mucukunda
मुचुकुन्दम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुचुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular
समाश्रित्यhaving taken refuge in
समाश्रित्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रि (धातु) → समाश्रित्य (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), सम्-आ-उपसर्ग; ‘having taken refuge in’
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural
तेthose
ते:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — nominative plural (pronoun)
जयिनःvictorious
जयिनः:
Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural
अभवन्became
अभवन्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — imperfect, 3rd person plural
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kāla/Prakāra-adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formआवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of repetition)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kāla/Prakāra-adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formआवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (repetition; paired with previous)
विकुर्वाणाःacting / making efforts
विकुर्वाणाः:
Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → विकुर्वाण (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/आन), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — present active participle ‘doing/acting’; वि-उपसर्ग
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural
तेthose
ते:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — nominative plural (pronoun)
तारकेणby Tāraka
तारकेण:
Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — masculine instrumental singular
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/interlocutor (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas gather behind King Mucukunda like a protective pillar; they surge to victory, but the scene repeats with Tāraka’s counterattacks—waves of battle showing cyclical turmoil.

Characters & Entities
M
Mucukunda
D
Devas
T
Tāraka

FAQs

Even divine powers seek śaraṇāgati (refuge) and must act with wise support; victory without dharmic stability can be shaken again by adharma.

The broader context is Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra) in the Kedārakhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on the devas’ crisis rather than a direct tīrtha description.

None is stated in this verse.

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