Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168
Devanagari script
देवा वज्रधरं प्रोचुस्त्यज वज्रं शतक्रतो । उक्तो देवैस्तदा शक्रः स्कंदे वज्रवासृजत्
Transliteration
devā vajradharaṃ procustyaja vajraṃ śatakrato | ukto devaistadā śakraḥ skaṃde vajravāsṛjat
Translation
ദേവന്മാർ വജ്രധാരിയോട്—“ഹേ ശതക്രതോ, വജ്രം എറിയുക” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു; ദേവവചനപ്രകാരം ശക്രൻ അപ്പോൾ സ്കന്ദനിലേക്കു വജ്രം പ്രക്ഷേപിച്ചു.
Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
वज्र-धरम्the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
वज्र-धरम्:
Sambodhya/Karma (Addressed object/सम्बोध्य-कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; उपाधि/सम्बोधनार्थे कर्मरूपेण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वज्रं धरतीति)
प्रोचुःsaid, addressed
प्रोचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्सभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन
त्यजabandon, give up
त्यज:
Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
शतक्रतोO Śatakratu (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootशत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शतं क्रतवो यस्य) इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे रूढिः; इन्द्रस्य नाम
उक्तःhaving been told/addressed
उक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः — ‘देवैः उक्तः’
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
तदाthen
तदा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
शक्रःŚakra (Indra)
शक्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
स्कन्देupon/at Skanda
स्कन्दे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
असृजत्released, cast
असृजत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The devas cluster around Indra, urging him; Indra raises and hurls the vajra—bright, angular, lightning-like—toward Skanda, splitting the smoky sky with a white-blue flash.
Characters & Entities
D
DevasV
Vajradhara (Indra)Ś
Śatakratu (Indra)S
SkandaFAQs
Even divine authority can be misdirected; dharma requires discernment beyond mere power and weaponry.
No tīrtha is mentioned here.
None.