Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

विष्णुं विव्याध हृदये रोषाद्रक्तविलोचनः । तस्याशोभंत ते बाणा हृदये तप्तकांचनाः

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ vivyādha hṛdaye roṣādraktavilocanaḥ | tasyāśobhaṃta te bāṇā hṛdaye taptakāṃcanāḥ

Translation

കോപത്തിൽ രക്തനേത്രനായി അവൻ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ഹൃദയം വേധിച്ചു. ആ അമ്പുകൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ വക്ഷസ്സിൽ തപ്തസ്വർണ്ണംപോലെ ദീപ്തമായി തിളങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇum: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• vivyādha: pierced
• vivyādha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vyadh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• roṣāt: from anger
• roṣāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• rakta-vilocanaḥ: the red-eyed one
• rakta-vilocanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vilocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); कर्मधारयः: ‘red-eyed’

• tasya: of him (of Viṣṇu)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम

• aśobhan: shone/appeared splendid
• aśobhan: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śubh (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural); परस्मैपदम्; (पाठरूपम्: अशोभन्त)

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); सर्वनाम

• bāṇāḥ: arrows
• bāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• tapta-kāṃcanāḥ: like heated gold
• tapta-kāṃcanāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त; √tap ‘to heat’) + kāṃcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (plural); कर्मधारयः: ‘molten-golden/like heated gold’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce asura, eyes reddened by rage, drives an arrow into Viṣṇu’s chest; the embedded shafts gleam like heated gold against Viṣṇu’s dark-blue body, creating a striking contrast of pain and splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kālanemi (implied as attacker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa portrays the Divine as unflinching amid pain, teaching endurance and the transcendence of bodily affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.