Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सुदर्शनं तदागत्य भक्तरक्षणवांछया । यातुधानान्बाधमानान्न्यवधीर्लीलया पुरा

Transliteration

sudarśanaṃ tadāgatya bhaktarakṣaṇavāṃchayā | yātudhānānbādhamānānnyavadhīrlīlayā purā

Translation

Alors Sudarśana survint, désireux de protéger le dévot, et jadis il abattit sans effort ces yātudhānas qui faisaient violence.

Word by Word

• सुदर्शनम्: Sudarśana
• सुदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु) → आगत्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप क्रियाविशेषण (gerund/absolutive)

• भक्तरक्षणवाञ्छया: out of the desire to protect devotees
• भक्तरक्षणवाञ्छया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + वाञ्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक—‘भक्तानां रक्षणस्य वाञ्छया’

• यातुधानान्: the yātudhānas (demons)
• यातुधानान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• बाधमानान्: harassing, troubling
• बाधमानान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √बाध् (धातु) → बाधमान (कृदन्त; शानच्, आत्मनेपद-वर्तमान)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘यातुधानान्’ विशेषण

• न्यवधीः: you slew
• न्यवधीः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• लीलया: playfully, with ease
• लीलया: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (etiology begins here)

Type: tirtha (later specified as a bathing/immersion spot)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing Sudarśana-discus manifests in the sky, spinning with radiant spokes; rākṣasas recoil and fall as the chakra’s light cuts through darkness; the sage remains in prayerful composure.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana
• Ahirbudhnya
• Yātudhānas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine responds to sincere devotion; protection of the devotee is presented as a sacred certainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This miracle sets the foundation for the later establishment of Cakratīrtha in the Setu Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, devoted worship (bhakti/upāsanā) that invites divine guardianship.