Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

उपाद्रवद्वायुवेगः सचास्तौषीज्जनार्दनम् । गालवेन स्तुतो विष्णुस्तदा चक्रमचोदयत्

Transliteration

upādravadvāyuvegaḥ sacāstauṣījjanārdanam | gālavena stuto viṣṇustadā cakramacodayat

Translation

വായുവേഗൻ ആക്രമിക്കാനായി പാഞ്ഞുവന്ന് ജനാർദനനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു. അപ്പോൾ ഗാലവൻ സ്തുതിച്ച വിഷ്ണു തന്റെ ചക്രം പ്രയോഗിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• उपाद्रवत्: rushed/attacked
• उपाद्रवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्गाः: उप + आ

• वायुवेगः: Vāyuvega (name; 'wind-speed')
• वायुवेगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुवेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वायोः वेगः)

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

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

• अस्तौषीत्: praised
• अस्तौषीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गालवेन: by Gālava
• गालवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'having been praised'

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक

• चक्रम्: discus
• चक्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अचोदयत्: set in motion/impelled
• अचोदयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्): चोदयति

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setu-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munīśvarāḥ (implied continuing audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The attacker (Vāyuvega) lunges; sage Gālava raises hands in stuti toward an unseen Janārdana; a radiant discus begins to whirl in the sky, light cutting through clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyuvega
• Janārdana
• Viṣṇu
• Gālava
• Sudarśana-cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise and refuge in the Divine draws immediate protection; bhakti becomes a shield for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Dharmatīrtha in Setu-khaṇḍa, where the sage’s prayer brings divine defense.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is stotra/stuti (devotional praise) to Janārdana; no formal rite is specified.