Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पिनाकभीमटंकारत्रासितत्रिपुरौकसे । नमस्ते विविधाकारजगत्स्रष्टृशिरश्छिदे

Transliteration

pinākabhīmaṭaṃkāratrāsitatripuraukase | namaste vividhākārajagatsraṣṭṛśiraśchide

Translation

Hommage à Toi dont le terrible fracas de l’arc Pināka épouvanta les habitants de Tripura ; hommage à Toi, aux formes multiples, qui tranchas la tête du créateur du monde.

Word by Word

• पिनाक-भीम-टङ्कार-त्रासित-त्रिपुर-ओकसे: to him whose (Pināka’s) dreadful twang terrified the dwellers of Tripura
• पिनाक-भीम-टङ्कार-त्रासित-त्रिपुर-ओकसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक (प्रातिपदिक) + भीम (प्रातिपदिक) + टङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रासित (कृदन्त, त्रस् धातु) + त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ओकस्-शब्दः (dwelling)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी) एकवचन (dative)

• विविध-आकार-जगत्-स्रष्टृ-शिरः-छिदे: to the cutter of the head of the creator of the world of various forms
• विविध-आकार-जगत्-स्रष्टृ-शिरः-छिदे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक) + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + छिद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; छिद्-शब्दः (agent noun: cutter)

Speaker

Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva draws the Pināka; the bowstring’s thunder terrifies the triple cities; in a secondary vignette, Śiva’s fierce act of severing Brahmā’s head is shown as cosmic correction; Śiva appears multi-formed, filling the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pināka
• Tripura
• Brahmā (world-creator)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the supreme regulator of cosmic order—destroying arrogance (Tripura) and restraining even the creator when dharma is breached.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in Setukhaṇḍa; the Setu pilgrimage setting frames these universal Śaiva deeds as objects of praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra invoking Śiva’s mythic deeds (Tripura subduing, punishment of pride) as a protective and purifying remembrance.