Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रुद्रवीर्यस्य युक्तेन तलेनोदारकर्मणा । मल्लयुद्धेन बलिना महेन्द्रो विनिपातितः

Transliteration

rudravīryasya yuktena talenodārakarmaṇā | mallayuddhena balinā mahendro vinipātitaḥ

Translation

ແລ້ວມະເຫນທຣາຖືກຕະລາຜູ້ມີພະລັງຫນັກ—ຜູ້ກະທຳອັນສູງສົ່ງ ແລະ ປະກອບດ້ວຍວິຣະຍະຂອງຣຸດຣະ—ລົງລົບດ້ວຍການຕໍ່ສູ້ແບບມັລລະຢຸດທະອັນແຂງກ້າ ຈົນລົ້ມລົງ.

Word by Word

• रुद्रवीर्यस्य: of Rudra’s power
• रुद्रवीर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: “रुद्रस्य वीर्यम्”), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• युक्तेन: endowed (with)
• युक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) ‘युक्त’, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तलेन: by Tala
• तलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• उदारकर्मणा: by the noble-deeded (one)
• उदारकर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदार + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (“उदारं कर्म यस्य”), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण (तलेन इति)

• मल्लयुद्धेन: by wrestling-combat
• मल्लयुद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्ल + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भाव: “मल्लानां युद्धम्” = wrestling), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• बलिना: by the strong (one)
• बलिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण (तलेन)

• महेन्द्रः: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विनिपातितः: was struck down / felled
• विनिपातितः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) + नि + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) ‘विनिपातित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed female interlocutor ("varārohe" appears in the passage-context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal wrestler-hero Talo, glowing with Rudra’s potency, strikes down Mahendra in a fierce mallayuddha; the battlefield is charged with divine heat and dust.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Tala
• Mahendra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power aligned with Rudra restores balance by subduing adharma; sacred sites commemorate such restorations as sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the origin account of Tala-svāmin (also known as Taptodaka-svāmin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative, establishing the deity’s victorious, protective character.