Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

ततस्तं शतसिंहं च रथं रुद्रेण निर्मितम् । उत्क्षिप्य पृथ्व्यामास्फोट्य चूर्णयामास तारकः

Transliteration

tatastaṃ śatasiṃhaṃ ca rathaṃ rudreṇa nirmitam | utkṣipya pṛthvyāmāsphoṭya cūrṇayāmāsa tārakaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ താരകൻ രുദ്രൻ നിർമ്മിച്ച ‘ശതസിംഹ’ എന്ന പ്രസിദ്ധമായ രഥം ഉയർത്തി, ഭൂമിയിൽ ശക്തിയായി അടിച്ചു, അതിനെ പൊടിപൊടിയായി ചൂര്ണമാക്കി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb; then/from there)

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śatasiṃham: having a hundred lions
• śatasiṃham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• ratham: chariot
• ratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• nirmitam: made/constructed
• nirmitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: nir-mā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); उपसर्ग: निर्-

• utkṣipya: having lifted up
• utkṣipya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: ut-kṣip (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: उत्-

• pṛthvyām: on the earth
• pṛthvyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• āsphoṭya: having dashed/struck down
• āsphoṭya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: ā-sphoṭ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: आ-

• cūrṇayāmāsa: pulverized
• cūrṇayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cūrṇaya (नामधातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• tārakaḥ: Tāraka
• tārakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka hoists the famed ‘hundred-lioned’ chariot and slams it onto the ground; the earth cracks; the chariot splinters into dust clouds; onlookers recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer supports can be shattered, yet the divine is not diminished—Purāṇic dharma teaches that the Lord’s power is not confined to instruments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is purely narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.