Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अनंतरं शांतभयं तदस्त्रं दैत्यास्त्रयोगेन च कालदण्डम् । शांतं तदालोक्य हरिः स्वमस्त्रं कोपेन कालानलतुल्यमूर्तिः

Transliteration

anaṃtaraṃ śāṃtabhayaṃ tadastraṃ daityāstrayogena ca kāladaṇḍam | śāṃtaṃ tadālokya hariḥ svamastraṃ kopena kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ

Translation

അനന്തരം ദൈത്യാസ്ത്രപ്രയോഗത്താൽ ആ ആയുധവും കാലദണ്ഡവും ശാന്തമായി. അത് ശാന്തമായതു കണ്ടു, പ്രളയാഗ്നിസമ ക്രോധമൂർത്തിയായ ഹരി തന്റെ ആയുധം കൈക്കൊണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• anantaram: immediately thereafter
• anantaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘अनन्तरम्’ = ततः परम् (immediately thereafter)

• śāntabhayam: with fear pacified / fear-quelled
• śāntabhayam: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: ‘शान्तं भयम्’ (fear that is pacified)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• astram: weapon, missile
• astram: Karma (Object) / or Karta (if taken as subject of śāntam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• daityāstrayogena: by the application of demon-weapons
• daityāstrayogena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + astra + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘दैत्यानाम् अस्त्राणां योगः’ (application/combination of demon-weapons)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• kāladaṇḍam: the rod of Kāla (Death)
• kāladaṇḍam: Karma (Object) (co-ordinate with astram)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘कालस्य दण्डः’ (rod of Time/Death)

• śāntam: pacified, calmed
• śāntam: Viśeṣaṇa (of tat/astram/kāladaṇḍam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √śam उपशमे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘शान्तम्’ = pacified

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of ālokya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ālokya: having seen
• ālokya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘आलोक्य’ = having seen/observed

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svam: his own
• svam: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्व-शब्द (reflexive adjective)

• astram: weapon, missile
• astram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kopena: with anger / out of wrath
• kopena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ: (he) whose form was like the fire of Time
• kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (apposition to hariḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + anala + tulya + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘कालानलेन तुल्या मूर्तिः यस्य सः’ (whose form is like the fire of Time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield moment of sudden stillness: a terrifying weapon and the Kāladaṇḍa are pacified; then Hari, blazing like pralaya-fire, prepares his own weapon.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Kāladaṇḍa
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when danger subsides, unresolved hostility can rekindle; divine wrath is portrayed as cosmic, urging humans toward self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.