Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

त्वां हनिष्याम्यहं मन्दलोकपालैः सहैव हि । एवं कथय देवेन्द्रं देवर्षे नान्यथा वद

Transliteration

tvāṃ haniṣyāmyahaṃ mandalokapālaiḥ sahaiva hi | evaṃ kathaya devendraṃ devarṣe nānyathā vada

Translation

Ich werde dich töten – zusammen mit jenen schwachen Hütern der Welten. Sag dies Devendra (Indra), o göttlicher Weiser; sprich es genau so aus und nicht anders.

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हनिष्यामि: I will kill
• हनिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मन्द-लोकपालैः: with the weak guardians of the worlds
• मन्द-लोकपालैः: Sahakari/Karana (Associate instrument/सहकारी-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (मन्दाः लोकपालाः)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (for/indeed)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• कथय: tell
• कथय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवेन्द्रम्: Devendra (Indra)
• देवेन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् इन्द्रः)

• देवर्षे: O divine sage
• देवर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• वद: say
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Tāraka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada; intended listener: Devendra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka, fierce and towering, declares he will slay Indra and the lokapālas; Nārada remains steady, receiving the exact wording to deliver; the atmosphere is charged like a war drum before battle.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Devendra (Indra)
• Lokapālas
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance inflames violence; dharma warns that contempt for divine order leads to ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a threat within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.