Shloka 183

Umā’s Austerity, Kauśikī’s Manifestation, and Skanda’s Birth Leading to Tāraka’s Defeat

Devanagari script

जय चलितललित चूडाकलापनवविमलकमल । दंडकांत दैत्येशवंश दुःसह दावानल

Transliteration

jaya calitalalita cūḍākalāpanavavimalakamala | daṃḍakāṃta daityeśavaṃśa duḥsaha dāvānala

Translation

Victoire à toi, dont les ornements du cimier, mouvants et gracieux, sont tels des lotus neufs et sans tache ! Ô bien-aimé de Daṇḍaka, tu es un feu de forêt insoutenable pour la lignée du seigneur des daityas.

Word by Word

• जय: hail! victory!
• जय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), āhvāna-nipāta (आह्वान-निपात): 'victory!'

• चलित-ललित: O moving and graceful one
• चलित-ललित: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चलित (कृदन्त; √चल्) + ललित (कृदन्त; √लल्/ललित)
• Form: Adjectival (कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: 'moving and graceful'

• चूडा-कलाप-नव-विमल-कमल: O lotus-like (new, pure) crest-ornament cluster
• चूडा-कलाप-नव-विमल-कमल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूडा (प्रातिपदिक) + कलाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नव (प्रातिपदिक) + विमल (प्रातिपदिक) + कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'lotus (kamala) [like] new (nava), pure (vimala) crest-ornament cluster (cūḍā-kalāpa)' (epithet/metaphor)

• दण्डक-अन्त: O ender of Daṇḍaka
• दण्डक-अन्त: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डक (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'end/destroyer (anta) of Daṇḍaka' (or 'at the end of Daṇḍaka')—contextually 'destroyer of Daṇḍaka(-forest/demons)'

• दैत्य-ईश-वंश: O lineage of the lord of demons (i.e., scion/foe of demon-lords)
• दैत्य-ईश-वंश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'lineage (vaṃśa) of the lord (īśa) of demons (daitya)'

• दुःसह: O unbearable/irresistible one
• दुःसह: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); adjective meaning 'hard to endure'

• दाव-अनल: O forest-fire (to enemies)
• दाव-अनल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाव (प्रातिपदिक) + अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: 'forest-fire (dāva) = fire (anala)'

Speaker

Unspecified (stuti/praise-verse; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: Compounds resolved: चलितललित = चलित-ललित; चूडाकलापनवविमलकमल = चूडा-कलाप-नव-विमल-कमल; दंडकांत = दण्डक-अन्त; दैत्येशवंश = दैत्य-ईश-वंश; दावानल = दाव-अनल.

Characters & Entities

• Daṇḍaka
• Daitya (demons)

FAQs

Who is being praised in this verse?

The verse is a stuti (praise) addressed to a divine figure described with lotus-like ornaments and as a destroyer of demonic lineages; the exact deity is not explicitly named in the provided single-verse excerpt.

What does the metaphor “forest-fire to the demon-lord’s lineage” convey?

It portrays the praised figure as irresistibly destructive to demonic forces—swift, consuming, and unstoppable—emphasizing protective and triumphal divine power.

What is the ethical or devotional lesson implied by this verse?

It models bhakti through exalted praise: the devotee celebrates divine beauty and simultaneously affirms trust in the deity’s power to overcome adharma (demonic opposition).