Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

वधार्थं ते समुद्योग एष सर्वो मया कृतः । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा महिषं स पुनर्ययौ

Transliteration

vadhārthaṃ te samudyoga eṣa sarvo mayā kṛtaḥ | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahiṣaṃ sa punaryayau

Translation

「この一切の企ては、汝を滅するために我が成したものだ。」その言葉を聞くや、彼は再びマヒシャのもとへ帰った。

Word by Word

• वध-अर्थम्: for the purpose of killing
• वध-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (वधस्य अर्थः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक (purpose)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/for you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• समुद्योगः: effort; undertaking
• समुद्योगः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• सर्वः: entire; all
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (samudyogaḥ)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• कृतः: done; made
• कृतः: Kriyā (Predicative in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (vacanam)

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)

• महिषम्: to Mahisha
• महिषम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गन्तव्य (goal)

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

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, contextually Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī’s declaration of total effort for Mahiṣa’s destruction; the messenger, shaken, turns away toward the asura camp.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma ultimately meets its end; when divine resolve is declared, the downfall of arrogance becomes inevitable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Arbuda (Mount Abu) within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa, framing the region’s sacred narrative backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative transition toward the ensuing confrontation.