Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

क्रुद्धस्तेषु ततः स्कंदः शक्तिं घोरामथाददे । अभ्यस्यमाने शक्त्यस्त्रे स्कंदनामिततेजसा

Transliteration

kruddhasteṣu tataḥ skaṃdaḥ śaktiṃ ghorāmathādade | abhyasyamāne śaktyastre skaṃdanāmitatejasā

Translation

അവരോടു ക്രുദ്ധനായ സ്കന്ദൻ അപ്പോൾ ഭയങ്കരമായ ശക്തി (വേൽ) കൈക്കൊണ്ടു. അളവറ്റ തേജസ്സുള്ള സ്കന്ദൻ ശക്ത്യാസ്ത്രം പ്രയോഗിക്കുമ്പോൾ…

Word by Word

• kruddhaḥ: angered
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; adjectival participle ‘angered’

• teṣu: among them / towards them
• teṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative ‘among/with regard to them’

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb of sequence)

• skaṃdaḥ: Skanda
• skaṃdaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śaktim: spear / śakti-weapon
• śaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ghorām: terrible
• ghorām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying śaktiṃ)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक (then/now)

• adade: took / seized
• adade: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• abhyasyamāne: while being employed/practised
• abhyasyamāne: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√as (धातु) → abhyasyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकालिक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute sense ‘while being practised/used’

• śaktyastre: in the śakti-weapon (missile)
• śaktyastre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti + astra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-सम्बन्धः: ‘śaktyāḥ astraṃ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• skaṃda-nāmita-tejasā: by the energy/effulgence directed by Skanda
• skaṃda-nāmita-tejasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda + nāmita (√nam, कृदन्त) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध-प्रधानः: ‘skaṃdena nāmitaṃ tejaḥ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, blazing with immeasurable splendor, lifts the dreadful Śakti-spear; the moment is poised between wrath and release, with the battlefield tense and expectant.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śakti-astra
• Daitya warriors

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine anger is not mere emotion but a force that protects righteousness when oppression becomes excessive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the passage is martial and theological rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.