Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

वीरभद्रो रुषाविष्टो दुर्निवार्यो महाबलः । तदेद्रेंणाहतः शीघ्रं वज्रेण शतपर्वणा

Transliteration

vīrabhadro ruṣāviṣṭo durnivāryo mahābalaḥ | tadedreṃṇāhataḥ śīghraṃ vajreṇa śataparvaṇā

Translation

Vīrabhadra, von grimmigem Zorn ergriffen—unwiderstehlich und von gewaltiger Kraft—wurde rasch von Indra mit dem Vajra getroffen, dem hundertgliedrigen Donnerkeil.

Word by Word

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुषाविष्टः: seized by anger
• रुषाविष्टः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, आ + विश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (रुषया आविष्टः = possessed by anger); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दुर्निवार्यः: hard to restrain
• दुर्निवार्यः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + निवार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; नि + वॄ/वृ (धातु) + ण्यत्)
• Form: कर्मधारय (दुर् + निवार्यः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाबलः: very strong
• महाबलः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महद् बलं यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: then
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् अव्यय-प्रयोग (then/thereupon)

• इन्द्रेण: by Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Kartr/Agent in passive (कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आहतः: was struck
• आहतः: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हन् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) ; आहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (passive sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे भेदः), तृतीया, एकवचन

• शतपर्वणा: having a hundred joints (epithet of the thunderbolt)
• शतपर्वणा: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहिवत् विशेषण (शतं पर्वाणि यस्य); तृतीया, एकवचन (agreeing with वज्रेण)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, blazing with rage, is struck by Indra’s hundred-jointed vajra; the moment freezes with sparks, shockwaves, and stunned onlookers.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Indra (Vāsava/Śakra)
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power (even Indra’s vajra) confronts the unstoppable force born of Śiva’s will; divine hierarchy is ultimately governed by Śaiva authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa, framing Kedāranātha/Kedāra as the sacred Śaiva landscape where cosmic events are remembered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is stated in this verse.