Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
हतं देवेंद्रमालोक्य तारको रिपुसूदनः । वज्रघातेन महताऽताडयत्तु पुरंदरम्
Transliteration
hataṃ deveṃdramālokya tārako ripusūdanaḥ | vajraghātena mahatā'tāḍayattu puraṃdaram
Translation
Voyant Devendra (Indra) terrassé, Tāraka, pourfendeur des ennemis, frappa Purandara d’un coup puissant de vajra.
Word by Word
हतम्slain/struck down
हतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular
देवेन्द्रम्Indra, lord of gods
देवेन्द्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् इन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
आलोक्यhaving seen
आलोक्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ√लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having seen
तारकःTāraka
तारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
रिपुसूदनःenemy-slayer
रिपुसूदनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (रिपून् सूदयति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (epithet)
वज्रघातेनwith a blow of the Vajra
वज्रघातेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र + घात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वज्रेण घातः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
महतāgreat/mighty
महतā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular (agreeing with घातेन)
अताडयत्struck
अताडयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतड् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय-निपात — particle (but/indeed)
पुरन्दरम्Purandara (Indra)
पुरन्दरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular (epithet of Indra)
Speaker
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Tāraka, exultant, stands over the stricken Indra and smashes Purandara again with a massive vajra strike; the sky darkens, lightning forks, and devas recoil.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaD
Devendra (Indra)P
Purandara (Indra)V
VajraFAQs
Misuse of sacred power symbolizes adharma’s distortion; purāṇic narrative stresses that divine weapons serve dharma, not cruelty.
No direct tīrtha praise appears in this line; it remains within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s narrative frame.
None.