Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

जगज्जिघांसुः शमितो मया शरभ रूपिणा । मां च बाणपरित्राणे त्रिशूलोद्यमकारिणम्

Transliteration

jagajjighāṃsuḥ śamito mayā śarabha rūpiṇā | māṃ ca bāṇaparitrāṇe triśūlodyamakāriṇam

Translation

Als er darauf aus war, die Welt zu vernichten, bezwang Ich ihn in der Gestalt Śarabhas; und Ich selbst, den Dreizack erhebend, wurde zum Beschützer Bāṇas.

Word by Word

• जगत्-जिघांसुः: desiring to kill the world
• जगत्-जिघांसुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + जिघांसु (प्रातिपदिक; √हन् desiderative)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (जगत् हन्तुम् इच्छन्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शमितः: was subdued
• शमितः: Kriya (क्रिया/परिणाम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (pacified/subdued)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शरभ: Śarabha
• शरभ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन-एकवचन (stem in compound context); here used as upapada with रूपिणा

• रूपिणा: in the form (of)
• रूपिणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (in the form of)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• बाण-परित्राणे: in (the act of) protection from arrows
• बाण-परित्राणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + परित्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बाणानां परित्राणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• त्रिशूल-उद्यम-कारिणम्: one who raises/brandishes a trident
• त्रिशूल-उद्यम-कारिणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशूल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (त्रिशूलस्य उद्यमं करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of me)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic two-part tableau: Śarabha—lion-bird-like Śaiva form—subdues an over-fierce Narasiṃha to prevent world-destruction; then Śiva, trident raised, stands protectively before Bāṇa as a shield against attack.

Characters & Entities

• Śarabha
• Bāṇa
• Triśūla (trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intervention restrains cosmic chaos: the Lord assumes appropriate forms to curb destruction and uphold balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself focuses on mythic theology rather than a local landmark.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recounts protective divine action (paritrāṇa) and the symbolism of the trident.