Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते संस्थिते तत्र बर्बरीके महाबले । विजयः शोषणं दाहं प्लावनं कृतवान्यमी

Transliteration

ityukte saṃsthite tatra barbarīke mahābale | vijayaḥ śoṣaṇaṃ dāhaṃ plāvanaṃ kṛtavānyamī

Translation

Cela dit, tandis que le très puissant Barbarīka demeurait en poste en ce lieu, Vijaya accomplit alors, selon l’exigence du rite, les actes d’assèchement, de combustion et d’inondation.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle) — “thus” इत्यर्थे

• ukte: when (it was) said
• ukte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute)

• saṃsthite: when (he/it) was stationed/settled
• saṃsthite: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• barbarīke: in/at Barbarīka
• barbarīke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barbarīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन

• mahābale: (who was) very strong
• mahābale: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; विशेषणम् (barbarīke इत्यस्य)

• vijayaḥ: Vijaya
• vijayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• śoṣaṇam: drying up
• śoṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• dāham: burning
• dāham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• plāvanam: flooding
• plāvanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: plāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• kṛtavān: did/performed
• kṛtavān: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) → kṛtavat (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृतवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; finite sense “did”

• yamī: Yamī (named)
• yamī: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; (विजयः इत्यस्य विशेषण/उपनाम)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful warrior (Barbarīka) stands firm while a personified force ‘Vijaya’ demonstrates three elemental operations—parching dryness, consuming fire, and overwhelming flood—around him, without shaking his stance.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Vijaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites often include specific protective operations to stabilize the ritual field and ensure success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this verse; the focus is on procedural ritual acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śoṣaṇa (drying), dāha (burning), and plāvana (flooding) as ritual operations for protection/efficacy.