Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

तयाशन्या पतितया दैत्यस्याच लरूपिणः । कंदराणि व्यशीर्यंतं समंतान्निर्झराणि च

Transliteration

tayāśanyā patitayā daityasyāca larūpiṇaḥ | kaṃdarāṇi vyaśīryaṃtaṃ samaṃtānnirjharāṇi ca

Translation

When that thunderbolt struck the Daitya who had taken the form of a mountain, his caves were shattered, and all around him the streams and cascades burst forth.

Word by Word

• tayā: by that
• tayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śanyā: by the thunderbolt/weapon
• śanyā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanī/śanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (instrumental with tayā)

• patitayā: having fallen
• patitayā: Karana (करण; सहायक-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; 'पतिता' = having fallen

• daityasya: of the Daitya
• daityasya: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śaila-rūpiṇaḥ: of the mountain-formed one
• śaila-rūpiṇaḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; 'शैलरूपिणः' = of (him) having mountain-form

• kaṃdarāṇi: caves
• kaṃdarāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃdarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (context: objects affected)

• vyaśīryanta: were shattered
• vyaśīryanta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śṝ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; वि-उपसर्ग; √शॄ = to break apart

• samantāt: on all sides
• samantāt: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• nirjharāṇi: waterfalls/springs
• nirjharāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirjhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: nirjhara (cascades) / spring-source motif (generic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The vajra strikes the mountain-formed daitya; caves split open like wounds in rock, and bright streams and waterfalls erupt in all directions, turning violence into a sudden landscape of flowing water.

Characters & Entities

• Indra’s thunderbolt (aśani/vajra)
• Daitya-king

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When false solidity (māyā) is struck by truth and discipline, it fractures and its hidden channels are exposed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.