Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 195

Devanagari script

व्यशीर्यताथ कायेऽस्य नीलोत्पलमिवाश्मनि । ततो वज्रं महेन्द्रोऽपि प्रमुमोचार्चितं चिरम्

Transliteration

vyaśīryatātha kāye'sya nīlotpalamivāśmani | tato vajraṃ mahendro'pi pramumocārcitaṃ ciram

Translation

അവന്റെ ശരീരം കല്ലിന്മേൽ ചതഞ്ഞ നീലോത്പലത്തെപ്പോലെ ചിതറിപ്പോയി. തുടർന്ന് മഹേന്ദ്രനും ദീർഘകാലം പൂജിക്കപ്പെട്ട വജ്രം പ്രയോഗിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• vyaśīryata: was shattered, split
• vyaśīryata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√śṝ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘was torn asunder/burst’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/प्रसङ्ग-बोधक (then/now)

• kāye: in/on the body
• kāye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• nīla-utpalam: a blue lotus
• nīla-utpalam: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक) + utpala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नीलम् उत्पलम्’ (blue lotus)

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (like/as)

• aśmani: on a stone
• aśmani: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम-बोधक

• vajram: thunderbolt
• vajram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mahendraḥ: Mahendra (Indra)
• mahendraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘महान् इन्द्रः’ (Mahendra/Indra)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• pramumoca: released, hurled forth
• pramumoca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• arcitam: honoured, revered
• arcitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √arc (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; वज्रस्य विशेषणम्: ‘worshipped/honoured’

• ciram: for long, long ago
• ciram: Kriya-visheshana (Time adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (for a long time/long)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon’s body tears apart, compared to a blue lotus crushed on stone; immediately Indra releases the venerable vajra, signaling a renewed assault.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Poetic imagery underscores the fragility of embodied power; even the fiercest form can be broken when adharma meets the force of divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.