Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मारीचः सुंदपुत्रस्तु ताडकायामजायत । दण्डके निहतः सोऽयं राघवेण वलीयसा

Transliteration

mārīcaḥ suṃdaputrastu tāḍakāyāmajāyata | daṇḍake nihataḥ so'yaṃ rāghaveṇa valīyasā

Translation

Mārīca, fils de Sunda, naquit de Tāḍakā ; et il fut mis à mort dans la forêt de Daṇḍaka par le puissant Rāghava (Rāma).

Word by Word

• मारीचः: Mārīca
• मारीचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुंदपुत्रः: son of Sunda
• सुंदपुत्रः: Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुंद (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘सुंदस्य पुत्रः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• ताडकायाम्: in/through Tāḍakā
• ताडकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताडका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अजायत: was born
• अजायत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दण्डके: in Daṇḍaka (forest)
• दण्डके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निहतः: was slain
• निहतः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘slain’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय

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

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/Pronoun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राघवेण: by Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वलीयसा: the stronger/mightier
• वलीयसा: Qualifier of instrument (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वलीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक/Comparative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of राघवेण)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame of the chapter)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest scene in Daṇḍaka: Rāma (Rāghava) poised with bow, the fallen Mārīca nearby; austere trees, sages’ hermitages hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Mārīca
• Sunda
• Tāḍakā
• Daṇḍaka
• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma rooted in violence and deception meets its end when confronted by righteous strength embodied by Rāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, while this verse references Daṇḍaka as the narrative location of Mārīca’s death.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.