Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अवध्यतामात्मनश्च पितामहवरोद्भवम् । महेश्वरं समुद्दिश्य कोपं चक्रे ततः परम्

Transliteration

avadhyatāmātmanaśca pitāmahavarodbhavam | maheśvaraṃ samuddiśya kopaṃ cakre tataḥ param

Translation

Par la suite, ayant cru en sa propre invincibilité — issue du don de l'Aïeul (Brahmā) — il dirigea sa colère vers Maheśvara, et devint alors extrêmement furieux.

Word by Word

• अवध्यताम्: invincibility
• अवध्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवध्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; abstract noun ‘अवध्यता’ (invincibility)

• आत्मनः: of himself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पितामहवर-उद्भवम्: born from Brahmā’s boon
• पितामहवर-उद्भवम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘पितामहस्य वरात् उद्भवः’ इति (born from the boon of the Grandfather/Brahmā)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुद्दिश्य: having addressed
• समुद्दिश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having addressed/aimed at’

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चक्रे: he made/produced
• चक्रे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (then/from that)

• परम्: afterwards
• परम्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative) ‘further/afterwards’

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration from 151.1)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A demon, swollen with confidence from Brahmā’s boon, turns his blazing anger toward Maheśvara; the atmosphere darkens as cosmic order is threatened.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons and attainments can inflate ego; when pride targets the divine, it becomes the seed of downfall—dharma requires humility even amid power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative and does not itself name a tīrtha; it sets up a Kailāsa-centered episode within the larger māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.