Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
प्रोत्फुल्लारुणनीलाब्जसंहतिः सर्वतो दिशः । अथागाद्भुकुटीवक्रो दैत्येंद्राभिमुखो रणे
Transliteration
protphullāruṇanīlābjasaṃhatiḥ sarvato diśaḥ | athāgādbhukuṭīvakro daityeṃdrābhimukho raṇe
Translation
四方に紅と青の蓮華が満開となって群れ現れ、ついで眉をひそめ、戦場に進み出て阿修羅の王に向き合った。
Word by Word
प्रोत्फुल्लारुणनीलाब्जसंहतिःa mass/cluster of fully-bloomed red and blue lotuses
प्रोत्फुल्लारुणनीलाब्जसंहतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रोत्फुल्ल + अरुण + नील + अब्ज + संहति (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (विशेषणपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः)
सर्वतःfrom all sides
सर्वतः:
Desha-Avyaya (Directional/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (कर्म)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction/particle)
अगात्went
अगात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
भुकुटीवक्रःwith a bent/furrowed brow
भुकुटीवक्रः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभुकुटी + वक्र (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘भुकुट्या वक्रः’ (frowning)
दैत्येन्द्राभिमुखःfacing the demon-king
दैत्येन्द्राभिमुखः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदैत्येन्द्र + अभिमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘दैत्येन्द्रं प्रति अभिमुखः’
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced); the advancing figure is Kapālī implied by immediate context
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Surreal battlefield omen: the sky and all directions filled with clusters of red and blue lotuses, as Kapālī advances with knitted brows toward the daitya-king.
Characters & Entities
K
Kapālī (implied)D
DaityendraFAQs
The approach of the divine power is depicted with auspicious imagery (lotuses), teaching that even amid conflict, dharma’s restoration carries sacred beauty and order.
No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this verse.
None.