Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततः सुदर्शनं चक्रं तस्य दैत्यस्य माधवः । प्रमुमोच वधार्थाय ज्वालामालासमावृतम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ tasya daityasya mādhavaḥ | pramumoca vadhārthāya jvālāmālāsamāvṛtam

Translation

Alors Mādhava lança le disque Sudarśana sur ce Daitya pour le mettre à mort, entouré d’une guirlande de flammes.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereupon’

• sudarśanam: Sudarśana (beautiful/auspicious to behold)
• sudarśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘cakram’)

• cakram: discus
• cakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्म

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• daityasya: of the demon
• daityasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (specifies ‘tasya’)

• mādhavaḥ: Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• mādhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — कर्ता

• pramumoca: released, hurled
• pramumoca: Kriyā (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + muc (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘he released/let fly’

• vadha-arthāya: for killing (him)
• vadha-arthāya: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose dative/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)

• jvālā-mālā-samāvṛtam: covered with a ring of flames
• jvālā-mālā-samāvṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jvālā (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-ā-vṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘samāvṛta’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘cakram’); ‘covered with a garland/row of flames’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mādhava releases the Sudarśana cakra: a radiant spinning disc wrapped in a wreath of flames, streaking toward Kālakhaṃja with unstoppable momentum.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• Sudarśana Cakra
• Daitya (Kālakhaṃja implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine justice is swift and purifying; the flaming Sudarśana symbolizes the removal of adharma that blocks sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the specific location is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.