Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठ गच्छ मन्मुक्तो द्रुतमस्मान्महारणात् । इत्युक्तो हरिणा तस्माद्देशादपगतोऽसुरः

Transliteration

uttiṣṭha gaccha manmukto drutamasmānmahāraṇāt | ityukto hariṇā tasmāddeśādapagato'suraḥ

Translation

「起きよ、去れ――我が解き放つ――この大いなる戦場より速やかに退け。」ハリ（ヴィシュヌ）にそう告げられ、アスラはその地を退いた。

Word by Word

• uttiṣṭha: rise up
• uttiṣṭha: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud + √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mat-muktaḥ: released by me
• mat-muktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mukta (√muc धातु; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; तत्पुरुष-समास (मया मुक्तः = released by me)

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahā-raṇāt: from the great battle
• mahā-raṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महद् रणम्)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक

• uktaḥ: having been told
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• hariṇā: by Hari
• hariṇā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deśāt: from the place
• deśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• apagataḥ: departed/went away
• apagataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apa + √gam (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asuraḥ: the demon
• asuraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (deduced: Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) describing events

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari commands Mahīṣa to rise and depart swiftly from the great battlefield; Mahīṣa, newly released, retreats—glancing back—while the battlefield remains tense.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Asura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in conflict, divine authority may show restraint—victory is guided by dharma, not mere rage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a Kaumārikākhaṇḍa battle narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on a battlefield command and withdrawal.