Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवो हि गृहीत्वा च सुदर्शनम् । सत्यलोकात्तदा राजन्समागच्छन्महीतले

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vāsudevo hi gṛhītvā ca sudarśanam | satyalokāttadā rājansamāgacchanmahītale

Translation

ഇത് കേട്ട് വാസുദേവൻ സുദർശനചക്രം കൈക്കൊണ്ട്, ഹേ രാജാവേ, അന്ന് സത്യലോകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഭൂമിയിലേക്കെത്തി.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• सुदर्शनम्: Sudarśana (discus)
• सुदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सत्यलोकात्: from Satyaloka
• सत्यलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागच्छन्: coming/arriving
• समागच्छन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied destination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva, hearing the report, grasps the Sudarśana cakra and descends from Satyaloka to the earth, addressed to a king in the narration.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)
• Sudarśana (chakra)
• Satyaloka
• Earth (Mahītala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

For the protection of dharma and sacred geography, the Supreme Lord intervenes directly, bearing the emblem of righteous power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, whose crisis draws Viṣṇu’s descent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse centers on divine arrival and protection.