Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

महिषो महिषाक्षश्च बिडालाक्षः प्रतापवान् । चिक्षुराख्यो महाबाहुर्जृभणोऽथ वृषासुरः

Transliteration

mahiṣo mahiṣākṣaśca biḍālākṣaḥ pratāpavān | cikṣurākhyo mahābāhurjṛbhaṇo'tha vṛṣāsuraḥ

Translation

Mahiṣa et Mahiṣākṣa, le vaillant Biḍālākṣa ; Cikṣura de nom, celui aux grands bras ; puis Jṛbhaṇa, et ensuite Vṛṣāsura—tous étaient là.

Word by Word

• महिषः: Mahisha (name)
• महिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महिषाक्षः: Mahishākṣa (one with buffalo-eyes; name)
• महिषाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘महिषस्य अक्षी’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बिडालाक्षः: Biḍālākṣa (cat-eyed; name)
• बिडालाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिडाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘बिडालस्य अक्षी’

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• चिक्षुराख्यः: Cikṣur-named (Cikṣura)
• चिक्षुराख्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिक्षुर (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘चिक्षुर्-आख्यः’ = ‘named Cikṣur’

• महाबाहुः: Mahābāhu (great-armed; name/epithet)
• महाबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महान् बाहुः यस्य’ (as epithet)

• जृभणः: Jṛbhaṇa (name)
• जृभणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जृभण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अथ: then, next
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: then/next)

• वृषासुरः: Vṛṣāsura (bull-demon; name)
• वृषासुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘वृष-आसुरः’ (bull-demon; name)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (Mahēśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (twice-born sages/reciters’ audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, shadowed assembly of Daityas in the Himalayan foothills near Kedāra; named chiefs stand in the foreground, armored and bestial-eyed, while endless ranks recede into misty mountain air.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Mahiṣākṣa
• Biḍālākṣa
• Cikṣura
• Jṛbhaṇa
• Vṛṣāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The catalog of powerful beings highlights that strength and fame do not guarantee wisdom or freedom from māyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains a narrative roster within Kedāra-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the enumeration of attendees.