Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

निर्बिभेदाभिजातस्य हृदयं दुर्जनो यथा । तेन पट्टिश घातेन धनेशः ।परिमूर्छितः

Transliteration

nirbibhedābhijātasya hṛdayaṃ durjano yathā | tena paṭṭiśa ghātena dhaneśaḥ |parimūrchitaḥ

Translation

ആ പട്ടിശപ്രഹാരത്താൽ ധനേശനായ കുബേരൻ പരിമൂർഛിതനായി—ദുർജനൻ അഭിജാതന്റെ ഹൃദയം കുത്തിത്തുറക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• nirbibheda: pierced, split
• nirbibheda: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + bhid (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: निर् (he split/pierced)

• abhijātasya: of the noble one
• abhijātasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhijāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive singular; 'of the noble/well-born')

• hṛdayam: heart
• hṛdayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• durjanaḥ: a wicked person
• durjanaḥ: Karta (Subject in simile/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक (comparative particle: 'as')

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular: 'by/with that')

• paṭṭiśa-ghātena: by the blow of the axe
• paṭṭiśa-ghātena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭiśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental singular)

• dhaneśaḥ: Dhanesha (Kubera)
• dhaneśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhaneśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular; Kubera)

• parimūrchitaḥ: fainted, became unconscious
• parimūrchitaḥ: Kriya (State predicate/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + mūrch (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; उपसर्ग: परि (Masculine, Nominative singular: 'having fainted')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera, struck, reels and faints; the attacker looms; the simile is visualized as a shadowy ‘wickedness’ spear piercing a luminous heart within a noble figure.

Characters & Entities

• Dhaneśa (Kubera)
• Durjana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse condemns durjana-bhāva: malice seeks the vulnerable ‘heart’ of the virtuous; dharma praises protection of the noble.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.