Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
ततोऽसौ शूलयुद्धेन श्रममासादितो यदा । तदा कपाली जग्राह करमस्यामरद्विषः
Transliteration
tato'sau śūlayuddhena śramamāsādito yadā | tadā kapālī jagrāha karamasyāmaradviṣaḥ
Translation
When he had been worn down by the trident-combat, then Kapālī seized the hand of that foe of the gods.
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/thereafter’
asauhe (that one)
asau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘असौ’
śūla-yuddhenaby the spear-fight
śūla-yuddhena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśūla (प्रातिपदिक) + yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — करण (instrumental); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (शूलेन युद्धम्)
śramamfatigue, exhaustion
śramam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म
āsāditaḥwas afflicted/overcome (by)
āsāditaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sad (धातु) (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवतु-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘आसादितः’ = ‘reached/afflicted’ (passive sense)
yadāwhen
yadā:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/कालवाचक) — ‘when’
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘then’
kapālīKapālī (Śiva)
kapālī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkapālin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विशेष-नाम (शिवः)
jagrāhaseized
jagrāha:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘he seized’
karamhand
karam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म
asyaof him
asya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive)
amara-dviṣaḥof the hater of the gods (the demon)
amara-dviṣaḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootamara (प्रातिपदिक) + dviṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘अमरद्विषः’ (देवद्वेषिणः) ; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Kapālī (Bhairava/Śiva in skull-bearing aspect) closes in at the climax of trident-combat and seizes the asura’s hand, arresting his momentum; the battlefield is charged with dust, clangor, and the sudden certainty of the demon’s defeat.
Characters & Entities
K
KapālīA
Amaradviṣ (demon)FAQs
Dharma prevails through patience and precision—when arrogance is exhausted, divine restraint becomes decisive.
No sacred geography is specified in this verse.
None is mentioned.