Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

भूमौ प्रधर्षयामास प्रसृतं च मुमोच ह । चिक्षेप चाग्निकोणे तं महीसागररोधसि

Transliteration

bhūmau pradharṣayāmāsa prasṛtaṃ ca mumoca ha | cikṣepa cāgnikoṇe taṃ mahīsāgararodhasi

Translation

അവൻ അവനെ ഭൂമിയിൽ ശക്തിയായി അടിച്ചുവീഴ്ത്തി, നിലത്ത് പരന്നുകിടന്നവനെ വിട്ടുകളഞ്ഞു. പിന്നെ അഗ്നികോണമായ തെക്കുകിഴക്കോട്ട്, ഭൂമി സമുദ്രത്തെ തൊടുന്ന അതിരിലേക്കു അവനെ എറിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रधर्षयामास: assaulted, dragged/pressed down
• प्रधर्षयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-धर्ष् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रसृतम्: stretched out, extended
• प्रसृतम्: Karma (object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-सृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• मुमोच: released, let go
• मुमोच: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अग्निकोणे: in the southeast direction
• अग्निकोणे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि + कोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘अग्नेः कोणः’ (southeast)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महीसागररोधसि: on the shore of the ocean
• महीसागररोधसि: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + रोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘महीसागरस्य रोधः’ (shore/bank of the earth-ocean)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: One fighter slams the other to the ground, releases him sprawling, then hurls him toward the southeast—visually extending the trajectory to a distant shoreline where earth meets ocean.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reflects the Purāṇic conviction that unrighteous obstruction is driven away, restoring safety and order to the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A precise tīrtha is not named, but the verse gestures to liminal sacred geography—shorelines and directional quarters used in Purāṇic mapping.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.