Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

प्रावर्तत महायज्ञ एवं वै गंधमादने । सुदर्शनप्रभावेन दुःसहेनातिपीडिताः

Transliteration

prāvartata mahāyajña evaṃ vai gaṃdhamādane | sudarśanaprabhāvena duḥsahenātipīḍitāḥ

Translation

Ainsi, sur le Gandhamādana, commença le grand yajña. Accablées et cruellement tourmentées par l’insoutenable puissance de Sudarśana, les forces d’obstruction furent domptées.

Word by Word

• प्रावर्तत: began/was set in motion
• प्रावर्तत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः प्र-

• महायज्ञः: the great sacrifice
• महायज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• गन्धमादने: on/at Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदर्शनप्रभावेन: by the power of Sudarśana
• सुदर्शनप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुःसहेन: by the unbearable (force)
• दुःसहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter as adjective), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• अतिपीडिताः: were severely afflicted
• अतिपीडिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-√पीड् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (yajña-sthāna)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Himalayan Gandhamādana, a grand yajña begins; a blazing, circular Sudarśana-force presses down hostile obstructors, leaving the altar-space luminous and inviolate.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhamādana
• Sudarśana
• Mahāyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is upheld through yajña, divine protection removes obstacles and establishes auspicious order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-related sacred landscape is implied, with the rite occurring at Gandhamādana within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The commencement of a mahāyajña (great Vedic sacrifice) is indicated, emphasizing protected, uninterrupted performance.