Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । ततः कोपसमाविष्टो भगवांल्लोकशंकरः । वृषभे च समारूढः शूलहस्तः सदाशिवः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | tataḥ kopasamāviṣṭo bhagavāṃllokaśaṃkaraḥ | vṛṣabhe ca samārūḍhaḥ śūlahastaḥ sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Vyāsa said: Then the Blessed Lord Śaṅkara, benefactor of the worlds, was seized by wrath. Mounting the bull and holding the trident in His hand, Sadāśiva set forth.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• कोप-समाविष्टः: possessed/overcome by anger
• कोप-समाविष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय/PPP) ‘समाविष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोपेन समाविष्टः)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लोक-शंकरः: Śaṅkara, benefactor of the worlds
• लोक-शंकरः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य शंकरः)

• वृषभे: on the bull
• वृषभे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• समारूढः: mounted
• समारूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शूल-हस्तः: having a trident in hand
• शूल-हस्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (शूलः हस्ते यस्य सः)

• सदा-शिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदा-शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सदा शिवः)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sadāśiva, eyes blazing with controlled wrath, mounts Nandin the bull; the trident is raised as if to command the cosmos, with stormy skies and a sense of imminent movement.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Śaṅkara
• Sadāśiva
• Vṛṣabha (Nandin)
• Śūla (Trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power rises to protect dharma; even wrath in the Purāṇas is portrayed as corrective and world-protecting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Dharmāraṇya context (a sacred forest setting), emphasizing the sanctity of that dharma-forest rather than naming a single famous tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse is narrative, describing Śiva’s martial manifestation.