Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तद्दृष्ट्वा शिवनामांकैस्ताडितं भगवान्हरिः । चक्रं शरैस्ततः कुद्धो गृहीत्वा च करेण तत् । जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते सोमेशः कालभैरवः

Transliteration

taddṛṣṭvā śivanāmāṃkaistāḍitaṃ bhagavānhariḥ | cakraṃ śaraistataḥ kuddho gṛhītvā ca kareṇa tat | jagāma tatra yatrāste someśaḥ kālabhairavaḥ

Translation

Als der erhabene Hari sah, dass sein Diskus von Pfeilen getroffen war, die den Namen Śivas trugen, entbrannte er vor Zorn; er nahm den Diskus in die Hand und ging dorthin, wo Someśa—Kālabhairava—weilt.

Word by Word

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• śiva-nāma-aṅkaiḥ: by marks bearing Śiva’s name
• śiva-nāma-aṅkaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘शिवस्य नाम’ इति) + तत्पुरुष (‘नाम-अङ्क’)

• tāḍitam: struck, beaten
• tāḍitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘tat’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); ‘bhagavān hariḥ’ समानाधिकरण

• cakram: discus
• cakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anvaya (Temporal sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• kruddhaḥ: angered
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘hariḥ’)

• gṛhītvā: having seized
• gṛhītvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having taken’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• kareṇa: with (his) hand
• kareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• tat: that (discus)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); ‘cakram’ पुनरुक्त-सर्वनाम

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• āste: is seated, remains
• āste: Kriyā (Relative clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ās (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular)

• someśaḥ: Lord of Soma
• someśaḥ: Karta (Subject of ‘āste’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सोमस्य ईशः’)

• kālabhairavaḥ: Kālabhairava
• kālabhairavaḥ: Karta (Apposition to someśaḥ/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘कालरूपः भैरवः’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kālabhairava-sthāna (within Kāśī) / Someśa (as named here)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, gripping the discus, sees it pierced by arrows bearing Śiva’s name; his eyes blaze with controlled fury as he strides toward a fierce shrine where Someśa-Kālabhairava stands as guardian, surrounded by cremation-ground iconography.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Cakra
• Śiva-nāma marks
• Someśa
• Kālabhairava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine anger is drawn toward the kṣetra where the Lord abides; the sacred site becomes the arena where conflict is resolved under dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra, where Someśa/Kālabhairava is said to reside in this narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse highlights the presence (sānnidhya) of Someśa/Kālabhairava as spiritually consequential.