Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तमायान्तं समालोक्य कोपयुक्तं महेश्वरम् । संग्रामे सोऽजयं मत्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

tamāyāntaṃ samālokya kopayuktaṃ maheśvaram | saṃgrāme so'jayaṃ matvā tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

Voyant Maheśvara s’avancer, empli de colère, il le jugea invincible au combat et disparut sur-le-champ.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आयान्तम्: coming; approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयान्त (कृदन्त; आ-√या धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifies तम्

• समालोक्य: having seen
• समालोक्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• कोपयुक्तम्: filled with anger
• कोपयुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप-युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: समास: कोपेन युक्तम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifies महेश्वरम्

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महान् ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अजयम्: unconquerable
• अजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘unconquerable’ used predicatively/object-complement

• मत्वा: having thought/considered
• मत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• तत्रैव: right there
• तत्रैव: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक ‘there’ + निश्चयार्थक ‘indeed’

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared; became invisible
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure (implied divine/heroic presence) beholds wrathful Maheśvara approaching and, realizing him unconquerable, dissolves into invisibility on the spot; the air ripples as if space itself closes.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognition of the Supreme (Maheśvara) leads to withdrawal of egoic confrontation; divine sovereignty is beyond contest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya frames these events as spiritually significant for pilgrims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative turning-point emphasizing Śiva’s supremacy.