Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

त्रिशूलेनाहनद्विष्णुं रोषपर्याकुलेक्षणः । तमायांतं च जगृहे मुकुंदोऽनाथसंश्रयः

Transliteration

triśūlenāhanadviṣṇuṃ roṣaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ | tamāyāṃtaṃ ca jagṛhe mukuṃdo'nāthasaṃśrayaḥ

Translation

ക്രോധത്താൽ വ്യാകുലമായ കണ്ണുകളോടെ അവൻ ത്രിശൂലംകൊണ്ട് വിഷ്ണുവിനെ പ്രഹരിച്ചു. അവൻ പാഞ്ഞെത്തുമ്പോൾ, അനാഥരുടെ ആശ്രയമായ മുകുന്ദൻ അവനെ പിടിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• त्रिशूलेन: with a trident
• त्रिशूलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (त्रि + शूल)

• आहत्: struck
• आहत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• रोष-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणः: whose eyes were agitated with anger
• रोष-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्याकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रोषेण पर्याकुलम् ईक्षणं यस्य)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• आयान्तम्: coming/approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• जगृहे: seized
• जगृहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मुकुन्दः: Mukunda (Viṣṇu)
• मुकुन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनाथ-संश्रयः: refuge of the helpless
• अनाथ-संश्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अनाथानां संश्रयः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Typically Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (common purāṇic frame) or an in-text interlocutor for Kedāra-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A furious asura rushes forward; Viṣṇu (Mukunda) calmly intercepts and seizes him as a trident strike flashes—violence arrested by divine composure.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mukunda
• Triśūla (trident)
• Kālanemi (implied attacker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is portrayed as anātha-saṃśraya—refuge for those without support—signaling divine guardianship amid turmoil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa framework points to Kedāra-kṣetra; this verse itself is a narrative segment within that praise-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.