Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जघान निरृतिर्देवस्तमसा संवृता भृशम् । हन्यमानेषु दैत्येषु कुजंभे मूढचेतसि

Transliteration

jaghāna nirṛtirdevastamasā saṃvṛtā bhṛśam | hanyamāneṣu daityeṣu kujaṃbhe mūḍhacetasi

Translation

घोर अंधकार से सब ढँक जाने पर देवशक्ति निरृति ने प्रचण्ड प्रहार किया। दैत्य मारे जा रहे थे, पर कुजंभ का चित्त मोहग्रस्त ही रहा।

Word by Word

• jaghāna: struck/killed
• jaghāna: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √हन् (to strike/kill)

• nirṛtiḥ: Nirṛti (a deity/personification)
• nirṛtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; निरृतिः इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण

• tamasā: by darkness
• tamasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• saṃvṛtā: covered/enveloped
• saṃvṛtā: Karta (Predicate adjective of nirṛtiḥ/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; √वृ (to cover) with सम्-

• bhṛśam: exceedingly
• bhṛśam: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: exceedingly)

• hanyamāneṣu: while (they) were being slain
• hanyamāneṣu: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: शानच्/यक्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले (present passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; √हन् (being slain)

• daityeṣu: among the Daityas (demons)
• daityeṣu: Adhikarana (Locative absolute locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• kujaṃbhe: in/at Kujaṃbha (proper name/place/person)
• kujaṃbhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kujaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• mūḍha-cetasi: (in) the deluded-minded (one)
• mūḍha-cetasi: Adhikarana (Qualifier in locative/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मूढचेतस् (one whose mind is deluded) कर्मधारय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; kujaṃbhe इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield swallowed by thick darkness; within it, a fierce divine figure/power (Nirṛti) strikes down daityas; Kujaṃbha stands dazed, eyes wide, posture slack, surrounded by falling warriors.

Characters & Entities

• Nirṛti
• Daityas
• Kujaṃbha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A deluded mind cannot read reality even amid clear consequences; moha blinds one to dharma and to the unfolding of fate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.