Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा सहसा विघ्नमभिषेके षडाननः । त्यक्त्वा तु तत्र संस्थानं चचार विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā vighnamabhiṣeke ṣaḍānanaḥ | tyaktvā tu tatra saṃsthānaṃ cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

Voyant cet obstacle soudain à la consécration, le Seigneur aux Six Visages (Ṣaḍānana) quitta ce lieu et entreprit une vaste austérité.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (object)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having seen’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अभिषेके: in the consecration (rite)
• अभिषेके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• षडाननः: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• षडाननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + ānana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘षड् आननानि यस्य’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, ‘having abandoned’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• संस्थानम्: abode/place
• संस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चचार: practised/went about
• चचार: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: great/abundant
• विपुलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ṣaḍānana (Kārttikeya) perceives an abrupt impediment during abhiṣeka preparations, turns away from the ritual site, and proceeds into a forested riverside landscape to perform intense tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaḍānana (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Vighna
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When obstacles arise, tapas (disciplined austerity) is upheld as a supreme means to restore auspiciousness and inner authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it emphasizes Skanda’s response within the Revā-khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is presented as the remedial spiritual practice when a rite faces vighna.