Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

तद्विसृष्टं जघानाशु पार्श्व स्कंदस्य दक्षिणम् । बिभेद च कुरुश्रेष्ठ तदा तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

tadvisṛṣṭaṃ jaghānāśu pārśva skaṃdasya dakṣiṇam | bibheda ca kuruśreṣṭha tadā tasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Le vajra, une fois lancé, frappa aussitôt le flanc droit de Skanda et le transperça—ô le meilleur des Kuru—oui, il perça le côté de ce grand être.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• विसृष्टम्: released, hurled
• विसृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘विसृष्ट’ = released/shot

• जघान: struck, slew
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पार्श्वम्: side, flank
• पार्श्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• दक्षिणम्: right (side)
• दक्षिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• बिभेद: split, pierced
• बिभेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘कुरूणां श्रेष्ठः’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; नकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक (mahātman)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration; vocative suggests narration to a Bharata/Kuru listener)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed as ‘O best of the Kurus’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s thunderbolt strikes Skanda’s right flank; the impact is shown as a radiant burst, yet Skanda stands firm, unbowed, with serene martial composure.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Indra (implied vajra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine mission is not thwarted by blows; trials become the very means for revelation of higher forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.