Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

जातस्तदा महाबाहुस्त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः । तारकस्यानुगा दैत्या अजेया बलवत्तराः

Transliteration

jātastadā mahābāhustrailokyakṣayakārakaḥ | tārakasyānugā daityā ajeyā balavattarāḥ

Translation

Alors s’éleva un être aux bras puissants, cause de ruine pour les trois mondes. Les Daitya qui suivaient Tāraka étaient invincibles, plus forts encore qu’auparavant.

Word by Word

• जातः: was born/arose
• जातः: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'was born/arose'

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

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः (descriptive): 'great-armed'

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (as first member in compound); द्विगु-समासः: 'three worlds'

• क्षय: destruction
• क्षय: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), समासे पूर्वपद (as member)

• कारकः: maker/causer
• कारकः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारक (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासान्त-पद (agent noun)

• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: causing the destruction of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + क्षय + कारक (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रधान तत्पुरुष-समासः: 'causer of the destruction of the three worlds'

• तारकस्य: of Tāraka
• तारकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुगाः: followers
• अनुगाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग (प्रातिपदिक; अनु + √गम् (धातु) + घञ्/अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दैत्या: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्या: अपादान/सम्बोधन? (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अजेयाः: unconquerable
• अजेयाः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• बलवत्तराः: stronger/very powerful
• बलवत्तराः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative): 'stronger/very strong'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A new, mighty-armed champion rises among Tāraka’s followers; the daitya host appears denser, more armored, more confident—an ominous swell of force.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Daityas
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked power that threatens the three worlds signals adharma’s crescendo—prompting divine intervention and the re-establishment of balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa framework is tied to Kedārakṣetra’s sacred geography; this verse is cosmological and martial rather than tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.