Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

त्वं शूरोसि महाबाहो देवानां पालको ह्यसि । युध्यस्व मां प्रयत्नेन यदि ते मतिरीदृशी

Transliteration

tvaṃ śūrosi mahābāho devānāṃ pālako hyasi | yudhyasva māṃ prayatnena yadi te matirīdṛśī

Translation

“ໂອ ຜູ້ມີແຂນໃຫຍ່ ເຈົ້າແມ່ນວິລະຊົນ; ແທ້ຈິງເຈົ້າແມ່ນຜູ້ພິທັກຮັກສາເທວະດາ. ຖ້າໃຈເຈົ້າຕັ້ງໄວ້ແນວນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງສູ້ກັບຂ້າດ້ວຍຄວາມພະຍາຍາມທັງໝົດ” ເຂົາກ່າວ។

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शूरः: a hero, brave one
• शूरः: Predicate (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative Singular); समासः—महान् बाहुः यस्य (महā + बाहु)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पालकः: protector
• पालकः: Predicate (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अर्थः—खलु/नूनम् (indeed)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• युध्यस्व: fight!
• युध्यस्व: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Connector (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मतिः: thought, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ईदृशी: such, of this kind
• ईदृशी: Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) मतिः-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Vīrabhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, fierce and radiant, addresses Viṣṇu with a warrior’s challenge; both stand poised amid a charged, otherworldly battlefield framed by Himalayan austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Viṣṇu
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True valor is framed as accountable action—one must act according to one’s declared duty and resolve, with full commitment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa, thematically tied to Kedāra’s sacred landscape, though this line itself is martial dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an exhortation to combat, not a ritual directive.