Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

तस्मादजेयं जानीहि रणे रणविदां वर । एवमुक्तो महेंद्रोऽयं शंभुना योगिना भृशम्

Transliteration

tasmādajeyaṃ jānīhi raṇe raṇavidāṃ vara | evamukto maheṃdro'yaṃ śaṃbhunā yoginā bhṛśam

Translation

«Ainsi donc, ô le meilleur des connaisseurs de la guerre, sache qu’au combat il est invincible.» Ainsi Mahendra (Indra) fut-il fermement instruit par Śambhu, le grand yogin.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण हेत्वर्थक अव्यय (therefore)

• अजेयम्: unconquerable
• अजेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-समासपूर्वक विशेषण (not conquerable)

• जानीहि: know (you)
• जानीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• रणविदाम्: of those who know battle
• रणविदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (रणं वेत्ति इति रणविद्)

• वर: O best one
• वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महेंद्रः: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेंद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् इन्द्रः)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Apposition (अन्वय/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शंभुना: by Śambhu
• शंभुना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• योगिना: by the yogin
• योगिना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक अव्यय (intensifier)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Mahendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu as the great yogin, composed and radiant, instructs Mahendra with firm clarity: the foe is ajeya (unconquerable) in battle; Indra receives the teaching with seriousness.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Vṛtra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory requires humility and right counsel; even Indra must heed Śiva’s guidance before confronting adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage moves toward the Narmadā-taṭa and the Oṃkāra-liṅga worship, though this verse itself is counsel-focused.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it is an instruction (upadeśa) about the enemy’s invincibility in battle.