Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

समारुरुहतुस्तूर्णं तुंगं मंचं च तौ तदा । तत्र तुंगे समासीनमासने कंसमेत्य तौ । तस्थतुस्तं तृणीकृत्य सिंहौ क्षुद्रमृगं यथा

Transliteration

samāruruhatustūrṇaṃ tuṃgaṃ maṃcaṃ ca tau tadā | tatra tuṃge samāsīnamāsane kaṃsametya tau | tasthatustaṃ tṛṇīkṛtya siṃhau kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā

Translation

Alors tous deux montèrent promptement sur la haute estrade. S’approchant de Kaṃsa assis sur le trône élevé, ils se tinrent devant lui, le tenant pour rien, tels des lions face à une bête chétive.

Word by Word

• samāruhatustūrṇam: (they two) quickly climbed up
• samāruhatustūrṇam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-ruh (धातु √रुह्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तम? (न) — प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), द्विवचनम्; उपसर्गाः: सम् + आ; कर्मसापेक्षः

• tuṅgam: high, lofty
• tuṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• maṃcam: platform/seat
• maṃcam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• tuṅge: on the high (seat/platform)
• tuṅge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; (tuṅge maṃce) स्थानवाचक

• samāsīnam: seated
• samāsīnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-ās (धातु √आस्)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त (past participle), परस्मैपदी-धातु; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्गाः: सम् + आ

• āsane: on the seat
• āsane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• kaṃsam: Kaṃsa
• kaṃsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• etya: having approached
• etya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु √इ)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गः: ए (एत्य = इत्वा/गत्वा)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• tasthatuḥ: (they two) stood
• tasthatuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु √स्था)
• Form: लिट्/लङ्? (परस्मैपदम्) — रूपम्: तस्थतुḥ (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), द्विवचनम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tṛṇīkṛtya: having made (him) like straw; having disregarded
• tṛṇīkṛtya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛṇa + kṛ (धातु √कृ)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; नामधातु-प्रयोगः: तृणीकृ (to treat as straw)

• siṃhau: two lions
• siṃhau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• kṣudramṛgam: a small deer
• kṣudramṛgam: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣudra + mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (kṣudraḥ mṛgaḥ)

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Deductive (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā-kṣetra (Raṅgabhūmi/Kaṃsa-sabhā memory)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘dvijāḥ’ in nearby verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma leap onto the high wrestling dais; Kaṃsa sits on an elevated throne; the brothers stand like lions, the king diminished before them; courtiers and wrestlers freeze in shock.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Balarāma
• Kaṃsa
• arena dais/throne

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogant power collapses when confronted by divine righteousness; fearlessness is born of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly glorified; it is a royal-arena episode set in Mathurā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.