Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

ततो बंधप्रमुक्तेन सिंहेनेव च लीलया । वीरभद्रेण दक्षस्य नाशार्थं रोम चोद्धुतम्

Transliteration

tato baṃdhapramuktena siṃheneva ca līlayā | vīrabhadreṇa dakṣasya nāśārthaṃ roma coddhutam

Translation

Da schüttelte Vīrabhadra—wie ein aus Fesseln entlassener Löwe, gleichsam spielerisch—die Haare seines Leibes, auf Dakṣas Vernichtung bedacht.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; काल/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• बन्धप्रमुक्तेन: by (one) freed from bondage
• बन्धप्रमुक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गे; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘प्रमुक्त’ (released); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘बन्धात् प्रमुक्तः’

• सिंहेन: by a lion
• सिंहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• इव: like/as
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्ययम् (comparative particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• लीलया: playfully; with ease
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वीरभद्रेण: by Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• नाशार्थम्: for destruction
• नाशार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य), एकवचनम्; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘नाशाय अर्थः’ = ‘for destruction’

• रोम: hair (body-hair)
• रोम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• उद्धुतम्: was shaken/raised up
• उद्धुतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रियाफल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-धू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was shaken/raised’

Speaker

Sārasvata (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgādvāra (implied target) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/interlocutor within the māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, freed like a lion from bonds, shakes his body so that his hairs bristle and scatter—an omen of imminent destruction—while gaṇas surge behind him toward the sacrificial arena.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma invites swift and overwhelming consequence; divine power is effortless even when it appears playful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it continues the Dakṣa-yajña narrative within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.