Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जिते किलांधके दैत्ये गिरिशेनामरद्विषि । आडिश्चकार विपुलं तपो हरजिगीषया

Transliteration

jite kilāṃdhake daitye giriśenāmaradviṣi | āḍiścakāra vipulaṃ tapo harajigīṣayā

Translation

ദേവദ്വേഷിയായ ദൈത്യൻ അന്ധകൻ ഗിരീശൻ (ശിവൻ) കൈവശം തീർച്ചയായും ജയിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, ‘ആഡി’ ഹരനെ (ശിവനെ) ജയിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ മഹത്തായ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• जिते: when (he) was defeated
• जिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• किल: indeed
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — ‘indeed/it is said’

• अन्धके: in/with Andhaka (i.e., Andhaka being)
• अन्धके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute with जिते)

• दैत्ये: the demon
• दैत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositional to अन्धके)

• गिरिशेन: by Girīśa (Śiva)
• गिरिशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental)

• अमरद्विषि: in the hater of the gods (i.e., in the god-hating one)
• अमरद्विषि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विष् (धातु) → द्विष्/द्विषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (अमरान् द्वेष्टि इति)

• आडिः: Āḍi
• आडिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आडि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चकार: did / performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: great, abundant
• विपुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः-विशेषण)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हर: of Hara (Śiva)
• हर: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (within compound)

• जिगीषया: with the desire to conquer
• जिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जि (धातु) → जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रयोजने तृतीया (instrumental of purpose)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āḍi performing fierce austerities—standing on one leg, arms raised, surrounded by heat aura—while the memory of Andhaka’s defeat by Śiva is implied as a backdrop motif (Śiva’s emblem or distant vision).

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Giriśa (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Āḍi
• Amaras (gods, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is powerful but ethically neutral; when driven by ego and conquest, it becomes adharma rather than liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on the cosmic Śaiva conflict and motivations behind austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None as a prescription; it reports that Āḍi performed ‘vipula tapas’ with a hostile intention.