Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

पराभवः कृतो मद्यं कथं तेन दुरात्मना । क्रोधवेगसमाविष्टो निर्ययौ दानवं प्रति

Transliteration

parābhavaḥ kṛto madyaṃ kathaṃ tena durātmanā | krodhavegasamāviṣṭo niryayau dānavaṃ prati

Translation

«Comment ce scélérat a-t-il pu m’infliger un tel affront ?» Saisi par l’élan de la colère, il sortit pour affronter le démon.

Word by Word

• पराभवः: defeat, humiliation
• पराभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतः: was done/inflicted
• कृतः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana/Agent (by him/through him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दुरात्मना: by the wicked-souled one
• दुरात्मना: Karana/Agent (by the wicked one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दुष्टः आत्मा यस्य)

• क्रोध-वेग-समाविष्टः: possessed by a rush of anger
• क्रोध-वेग-समाविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + वेग (प्रातिपदिक) + समाविष्ट (कृदन्त; सम्+आ+विश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (क्रोधवेगेन समाविष्टः)

• निर्ययौ: went out, set forth
• निर्ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दानवम्: the demon
• दानवम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय; दिशावाचक/प्रत्यर्थक (towards)

Speaker

Śiva (quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva rises, eyes blazing, aura intensifying; the space trembles as he strides out toward the daitya, wrath embodied yet majestic.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dānava (Andhaka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine anger here functions as protective energy—mobilized to restore balance when adharma attempts to humiliate and dominate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.