Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

युद्धेष्वसुरसंहारकुशलाय महारव । सुदर्शन नमस्तुभ्यं भक्तानामार्तिनाशिने

Transliteration

yuddheṣvasurasaṃhārakuśalāya mahārava | sudarśana namastubhyaṃ bhaktānāmārtināśine

Translation

ഹേ സുദർശനാ! മഹാരവത്തോടെ ഗർജ്ജിക്കുന്നവനേ, യുദ്ധത്തിൽ അസുരസംഹാരത്തിൽ നിപുണനേ—ഭക്തരുടെ ആർതി നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം।

Word by Word

• युद्धेषु: in battles
• युद्धेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचनम्

• असुर-संहार-कुशलाय: to the one skilled in slaying demons
• असुर-संहार-कुशलाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + संहार (प्रातिपदिक) + कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘असुराणां संहारे कुशलः’); पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्; नमः इत्यस्य योगे

• महा-रव: O great-roaring one
• महा-रव: Sambodhya (Addressee/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: ‘महान् रवः यस्य’/‘महान् रवः’); पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• सुदर्शन: O Sudarśana
• सुदर्शन: Sambodhya (Addressee/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Discourse/Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्ययप्रयोगः

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-क्त from भज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम्

• आर्ति-नाशिने: to the destroyer of (their) distress
• आर्ति-नाशिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; ‘आर्तेः नाशिन्’ = destroyer of distress); पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्; नमः इत्यस्य योगे

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sudarśana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sudarśana is envisioned as roaring like thunder while spinning, flames streaming; Gālava praises with intensity, the battlefield energy transmuted into devotional refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Sudarśana
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine power that upholds cosmic order also personally relieves the suffering of sincere devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya’s Dharma-tīrtha is the narrative backdrop for this praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of Sudarśana-namaskāra/stuti is implied as a means to seek relief from distress.