Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तं निलीनं समाज्ञाय आनिनायरुषान्वितः । कपोलेषु गृहीत्वा तं खड्गेनोपहतं शिरः

Transliteration

taṃ nilīnaṃ samājñāya ānināyaruṣānvitaḥ | kapoleṣu gṛhītvā taṃ khaḍgenopahataṃ śiraḥ

Translation

അവൻ ഒളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞ്, (വീരഭദ്രൻ) ക്രോധത്തോടെ അവനെ വലിച്ചുകൊണ്ടുവന്നു. അവന്റെ കവിളുകൾ പിടിച്ച് ഖഡ്ഗംകൊണ്ട് തലയിൽ പ്രഹരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

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

• निलीनम्: hidden
• निलीनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु) + निलीन (कृदन्त/क्त with नि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (hidden/lying low)

• समाज्ञाय: having recognized
• समाज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + सम्- + (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), सम्-उपसर्ग; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having understood/recognized)

• आनिनाय: brought
• आनिनाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) with आ-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग (आ)

• रुषा: with anger
• रुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष्/रुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि-इ (धातु) + अन्वित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• कपोलेषु: on the cheeks
• कपोलेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having seized
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seized)

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

• खड्गेन: with a sword
• खड्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• उपहतम्: struck off
• उपहतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + उपहत (कृदन्त/क्त with उप-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (struck/cut)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward the divine and the righteous rebounds as inevitable consequence; dharma protects devotion, not vanity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly tied to the Kedāra/Kailāsa sacred landscape of Kedārakhaṇḍa; the verse focuses on the Dakṣa-yajña episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; the verse is a narrative action within a disrupted yajña.