Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

इति परमरुषभिभूतो दितितनयः परीवृतोऽसुरेंद्रैः । युधि मतिमकरोत्तदा निहंतुं समरविजयी स तारको बलीयान्

Transliteration

iti paramaruṣabhibhūto dititanayaḥ parīvṛto'sureṃdraiḥ | yudhi matimakarottadā nihaṃtuṃ samaravijayī sa tārako balīyān

Translation

かくして、激烈なる憤怒に圧され、ディティの子はアスラの諸王に囲まれた。戦に勝ち続ける剛勇タ―ラカは、合戦のただ中で敵を討たんと決意した。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक

• parama-ruṣā: with intense wrath
• parama-ruṣā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + ruṣ (परम + रुष्/रुषा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमा रुषा = great wrath)

• abhibhūtaḥ: overcome, possessed
• abhibhūtaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi + bhū (भू धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• dititanayaḥ: son of Diti
• dititanayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti + tanaya (दिति + तनय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दितेः तनयः)

• parīvṛtaḥ: surrounded
• parīvṛtaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + vṛ (वृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• asura-indraiḥ: by the asura-lords
• asura-indraiḥ: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura + indra (असुर + इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (असुराणाम् इन्द्राः = asura-lords)

• yudhi: in battle
• yudhi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yudh (युध्) → yudhi (अव्यय/सप्तमी-एकवचन रूपेण)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण निपातवत्; देश/अवसरवाचक (locative adverb: in battle)

• matim: intention, resolve
• matim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (मति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• akarot: made, formed
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• nihantuṃ: to slay
• nihantuṃ: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन् धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); उद्देश्य/प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• samara-vijayī: victorious in battle
• samara-vijayī: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samara + vijayin (समर + विजयिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (समरे विजयः यस्य)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• tārakaḥ: Tāraka
• tārakaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (तारक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• balīyān: stronger, very powerful
• balīyān: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balin (बलिन् प्रातिपदिक) → balīyas (comparative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (narrator; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka, eyes reddened with fury, encircled by asura-kings, tightens his grip on the spear and fixes his gaze on the intended victim; the battlefield churns with dust and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Diti
• Asura-lords (Asurendras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unrestrained anger (krodha) drives destructive intent; purāṇic narratives warn that rage clouds discernment and leads toward adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kedāra Khaṇḍa milieu (Kedāra region) frames the story, but this verse does not directly praise a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.