Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ग्रसनं पतित दृष्ट्वा जंभो भीमपराक्रमः । यमस्य भिंडिपालेन प्रहारमकरोद्धृदि

Transliteration

grasanaṃ patita dṛṣṭvā jaṃbho bhīmaparākramaḥ | yamasya bhiṃḍipālena prahāramakaroddhṛdi

Translation

Voyant Grasana tombé, Jambha —à la prouesse terrible— frappa Yama à la poitrine avec un javelot.

Word by Word

• ग्रसनम्: Grasana
• ग्रसनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (√पत् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), विशेषणम् (of ग्रसनम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• जंभः: Jambha
• जंभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भीमपराक्रमः: of terrible prowess
• भीमपराक्रमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: भीमः पराक्रमः यस्य (कर्मधारयः)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भिंडिपालेन: with a bhiṇḍipāla (javelin/club-like weapon)
• भिंडिपालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिंडिपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रहारम्: a blow/strike
• प्रहारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अकरोत्: made, delivered
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• हृदि: in the heart/chest
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jambha, enraged at Grasana’s fall, hurls or drives a bhiṇḍipāla into Yama’s chest; Yama’s posture jolts, armor and ornaments shifting under the impact.

Characters & Entities

• Grasana
• Jambha
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The episode dramatizes how adharma rallies in anger, yet such force ultimately confronts the higher governance of Dharma embodied by cosmic guardians.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.