Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

तद्विसृष्टं जघानाशु पार्श्व स्कंदस्य दक्षिणम् । बिभेद च कुरुश्रेष्ठ तदा तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

tadvisṛṣṭaṃ jaghānāśu pārśva skaṃdasya dakṣiṇam | bibheda ca kuruśreṣṭha tadā tasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

വിസർജ്ജിക്കപ്പെട്ട ആ വജ്രം വേഗത്തിൽ സ്കന്ദന്റെ വലതുപാർശ്വത്തിൽ പതിച്ച്—ഹേ കുരുശ്രേഷ്ഠാ—ആ മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ പാർശ്വം ഭേദിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• विसृष्टम्: released, hurled
• विसृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘विसृष्ट’ = released/shot

• जघान: struck, slew
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पार्श्वम्: side, flank
• पार्श्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• दक्षिणम्: right (side)
• दक्षिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• बिभेद: split, pierced
• बिभेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘कुरूणां श्रेष्ठः’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; नकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक (mahātman)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration; vocative suggests narration to a Bharata/Kuru listener)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed as ‘O best of the Kurus’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s thunderbolt strikes Skanda’s right flank; the impact is shown as a radiant burst, yet Skanda stands firm, unbowed, with serene martial composure.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Indra (implied vajra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine mission is not thwarted by blows; trials become the very means for revelation of higher forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.