Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

कालकल्पेन बाणेन तं च वक्षस्याताडयत् । स तु तेन प्रहारेण चकम्पे पीडितो भृशम्

Transliteration

kālakalpena bāṇena taṃ ca vakṣasyātāḍayat | sa tu tena prahāreṇa cakampe pīḍito bhṛśam

Translation

時の定めのような矢で、彼はその胸を射抜いた。その一撃に苦しみ、彼は激しく震えた。

Word by Word

• कालकल्पेन: with a time-like (death-like)
• कालकल्पेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल-कल्प (प्रातिपदिक; काल + कल्प)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण—बाणेन इति सह

• बाणेन: by an arrow
• बाणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• वक्षसि: on the chest
• वक्षसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• आताडयत्: struck
• आताडयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ-

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तु: however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रहारेण: by the blow
• प्रहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• चकम्पे: shook/trembled
• चकम्पे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-आगम: च- (intensive/phonetic)

• पीडितः: afflicted
• पीडितः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पीड् + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—सः

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce rākṣasa releases a Time-ordained arrow that strikes the daitya leader in the chest; the struck warrior reels and trembles, armor vibrating, dust and sparks rising.

Characters & Entities

• Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty are shaken when Time’s power manifests; dharma teaches humility before Kāla and the inevitability of consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.