Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्याप्यनुपदं कालायसमयं दृढम् । मुमोच मुद्गरं विष्णुर्द्वितीयं पर्वतं यथा

Transliteration

tatastasyāpyanupadaṃ kālāyasamayaṃ dṛḍham | mumoca mudgaraṃ viṣṇurdvitīyaṃ parvataṃ yathā

Translation

すると直ちに、ヴィシュヌは第二の武器—黒鉄の堅固なムドガラ（大槌）—を、第二の山が崩れ落ちるかのように投げ放った。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• anupadam: immediately/step by step
• anupadam: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anupada (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kālāyasa-mayam: made of black iron
• kālāyasa-mayam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla-āyasa (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: kālāyasa-maya ‘made of black iron’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (mudgaram इति विशेष्यस्य)

• dṛḍham: firm/solid
• dṛḍham: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (mudgaram इति विशेष्यस्य)

• mumoca: released/let go
• mumoca: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mudgaram: a mace/hammer
• mudgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dvitīyam: second
• dvitīyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (mudgaram इति विशेष्यस्य)

• parvatam: a mountain
• parvatam: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yathā: as/like
• yathā: Upamana (Comparison marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is opposed, divine strength manifests with unstoppable momentum.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.