Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

दिवाकर उवाच । नयारुण रथं शीघ्रं कालनेमिरथो यतः

Transliteration

divākara uvāca | nayāruṇa rathaṃ śīghraṃ kālanemiratho yataḥ

Translation

Divākara dit : «Conduis, ô Aruṇa, le char sans tarder—vers l’endroit où se trouve le char de Kālanemi.»

Word by Word

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नय: lead/drive
• नय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• अरुण: O Aruṇa
• अरुण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रथम्: the chariot
• रथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative): quickly

• कालनेमिरथः: Kālanemi's chariot
• कालनेमिरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालनेमि (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यतः: where (from which place)
• यतः: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (relative adverb): where/from where

Speaker

Divākara

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aruṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divākara, blazing with a solar halo, leans forward issuing a crisp command to Aruṇa; the chariot surges ahead, horses (or solar steeds) straining, banners streaming toward Kālanemi’s distant chariot.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara
• Aruṇa
• Kālanemi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires timely, decisive action—hesitation in confronting adharma allows harm to spread.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to a martial episode within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a command within a battle context.