Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

निरृतेश्चाकरोत्कार्यं भीतबीतं विमोहयन् । निरुच्छ्वासं समाहृत्य चक्रे बाणैः समीरणम्

Transliteration

nirṛteścākarotkāryaṃ bhītabītaṃ vimohayan | nirucchvāsaṃ samāhṛtya cakre bāṇaiḥ samīraṇam

Translation

അവൻ നിരൃതിയെ ഭീതിയിലാഴ്ത്തി പൂർണ്ണമായി വ്യാകുലനും മോഹിതനുമായി ആക്കി; ശ്വാസം ഉള്ളിലേക്ക് വലിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ബാണവർഷംകൊണ്ട് കാറ്റിനെയും തടഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• निरृतेः: of Nirṛti
• निरृतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अकरोत्: he made/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कार्यं: an act/deed
• कार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• भीतबीतम्: frightened and shaken/overcome
• भीतबीतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत + बीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (कार्यं); समासः—द्वन्द्व (समाहार: 'भीतं च बीतं च')

• विमोहयन्: bewildering (them)
• विमोहयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुह् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि

• निरुच्छ्वासम्: breathless
• निरुच्छ्वासम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुच्छ्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (समीरणम्)

• समाहृत्य: having drawn together/collected
• समाहृत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• चक्रे: he made/caused
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• समीरणम्: wind/air
• समीरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nirr̥ti is shown terrified and deluded, reeling; the archer draws in breath (a visible inward pull), and a rain of arrows forms a net that halts the wind—flags, dust, and cloud-streamers freeze mid-motion.

Characters & Entities

• Nirr̥ti
• Samīraṇa (Vāyu as wind)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s champions act with unwavering focus; even overwhelming forces (like wind and fear) are mastered by disciplined resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa’s battle narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of combat and divine power.