Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

समरे शक्रहंतारं स तस्या अददात्प्रभुः । नियमे चापि वर्तस्व वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्

Transliteration

samare śakrahaṃtāraṃ sa tasyā adadātprabhuḥ | niyame cāpi vartasva varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam

Translation

പ്രഭു അവൾക്ക് വരം നൽകി—സമരത്തിൽ ശക്രനെ വധിക്കുന്ന പുത്രൻ; പിന്നെ പറഞ്ഞു—“ആയിരം വർഷം കഠിനനിയമത്തിൽ നിലകൊൾക।”

Word by Word

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — masculine locative singular

• शक्रहन्तारम्: slayer of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रहन्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + हन्तृ (हन् धातु से तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: “शक्रस्य हन्ता” (slayer of Indra)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — feminine dative singular

• अददात्: gave
• अददात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — imperfect, 3rd person singular (Parasmaipada)

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (apposition to सः)

• नियमे: in observance/discipline
• नियमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — masculine locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय/अपि-कार) — particle ‘also/even’

• वर्तस्व: remain/observe
• वर्तस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — imperative, 2nd person singular; आत्मनेपद

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — neuter genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• सहस्रकम्: a thousand (years)
• सहस्रकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (measure/extent)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaśyapa grants a boon with raised hand; Diti receives it with intense resolve. A symbolic calendar/time-wheel or a thousand-lotus motif suggests the long duration of observance; Indra faintly in the background, alert.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Diti
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Powerful outcomes are tied to disciplined observance; niyama is shown as the gatekeeper of spiritual fruition, for good or ill depending on intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; the focus is on boon and austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A strict niyama (disciplined observance) for one thousand years is prescribed.