Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तिष्ठतिष्ठ हरे स्थाने शरणं मे सदाशिवः । धावंतमतिसंक्रुद्धं खङ्गहस्तं निरीक्ष्य तम् । चक्रेण शितधारेण शिरश्चिच्छेद लीलया

Transliteration

tiṣṭhatiṣṭha hare sthāne śaraṇaṃ me sadāśivaḥ | dhāvaṃtamatisaṃkruddhaṃ khaṅgahastaṃ nirīkṣya tam | cakreṇa śitadhāreṇa śiraściccheda līlayā

Translation

Stop, stop—O Hari, in your own place! Sadāśiva is my refuge. Seeing him rushing forward in great fury, sword in hand, Hari playfully severed his head with the razor-edged discus.

Word by Word

• तिष्ठ: stand (still)
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• तिष्ठ: stand!
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• स्थाने: in (your) place/position
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (as predicate/object)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सदा शिवः’ (proper name)

• धावन्तम्: running
• धावन्तम्: Karma (Object attribute/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धाव् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्)

• अतिसंक्रुद्धम्: exceedingly enraged
• अतिसंक्रुद्धम्: Karma (Object attribute/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + संक्रुद्ध (कृदन्त, √क्रुध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘very enraged’

• खङ्गहस्तम्: with sword in hand
• खङ्गहस्तम्: Karma (Object attribute/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘खङ्गः हस्ते यस्य/खङ्ग-हस्तः’ (sword-in-hand)

• निरीक्ष्य: having seen
• निरीक्ष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having observed’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रेण: with the discus
• चक्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शितधारेण: sharp-edged
• शितधारेण: Karana (Instrument attribute/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित (प्रातिपदिक) + धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शिता धारा यस्य’ (sharp-edged) विशेषण (चक्रेण)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चिच्छेद: he cut off
• चिच्छेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• लीलया: playfully/with ease
• लीलया: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A furious sword-wielding attacker charges; he shouts for Hari to stop and declares Sadāśiva as refuge. Hari, serene, releases the razor-edged Sudarśana and playfully severs the attacker’s head—violence rendered as effortless divine līlā.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Sadāśiva (Śiva)
• Sudarśana Cakra
• Daitya (demon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected effortlessly by the Divine; even fierce aggression is subdued when one takes refuge in the Highest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting of this Māhātmya section, presented as a sacred landscape where divine intervention safeguards order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it emphasizes refuge (śaraṇa) and divine protection.