Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

निष्पिष्ट राक्षसेंद्राय जगदिष्टविधायिने । नमः सहस्रशिरसे सहस्रचरणाय च

Transliteration

niṣpiṣṭa rākṣaseṃdrāya jagadiṣṭavidhāyine | namaḥ sahasraśirase sahasracaraṇāya ca

Translation

Hommage à Toi qui as broyé le seigneur des Rākṣasas et qui ordonnes ce qui est salutaire au monde ; salut au Mille-Têtes et au Mille-Pieds.

Word by Word

• निष्पिष्ट: crushed/slain
• निष्पिष्ट: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस्-√पिष् (धातु) + निष्पिष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन रूपेण समासे/विशेषणे प्रयुक्तम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• राक्षसेन्द्राय: to the lord of the rākṣasas
• राक्षसेन्द्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—राक्षसानाम् इन्द्रः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Sambandha (Genitival relation within compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• इष्ट: desired/beneficial
• इष्ट: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √इष् (धातु) + इष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• विधायिने: to the accomplisher/bestower
• विधायिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु) + विधायिन् (कृदन्त, णिनि-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojaka (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-शब्दः, indeclinable interjection)

• सहस्रशिरसे: to the thousand-headed one
• सहस्रशिरसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्यानि सहस्रं शिरांसि सः

• सहस्रचरणाय: to the thousand-footed one
• सहस्रचरणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्यानि सहस्रं चरणानि सः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)

Speaker

Deductive: a devotee/narratorial voice within Setukhaṇḍa praising Viṣṇu-Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma as victorious protector, with a subtle overlay of cosmic form—many heads/feet suggested as radiating aureole motifs—while the fallen rākṣasa-king is implied; attendants in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Rāvaṇa
• Viṣṇu (cosmic form: sahasraśiras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord protects cosmic order by removing oppressive power and establishing what benefits all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha in the Setukhaṇḍa (Rāmeśvaram sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as a mantra-like salutation (namas) suitable for japa and recitation.