Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
भुजानामयुतं कृत्वा दैत्यराजो हि तारकः । आरुह्य सिंहं सहसा घातयामास तान्रणे
Transliteration
bhujānāmayutaṃ kṛtvā daityarājo hi tārakaḥ | āruhya siṃhaṃ sahasā ghātayāmāsa tānraṇe
Translation
दैत्यराज तारकाने असंख्य भुजबल (योद्धे) एकत्र करून, सहसा सिंहावर आरूढ होऊन रणात त्यांना घायाळ करून पाडू लागला।
Word by Word
भुजानाम्of arms
भुजानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अयुतम्ten thousand
अयुतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (संख्यावाचक)
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√kṛ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) = ‘having made/done’
दैत्यराजःthe demon-king
दैत्यराजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (दैत्यानां राजा = ‘king of demons’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात)
तारकःTāraka
तारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
आरुह्यhaving mounted
आरुह्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā- + √ruh (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) = ‘having mounted’
सिंहम्a lion
सिंहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsiṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सहसाsuddenly, with force
सहसा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsahasā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (रीत्यर्थ/क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘suddenly, forcefully’
घातयामासcaused to be slain / slew
घातयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लिट्
Formणिजन्त (causative) ‘घातयति’; लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Tāraka, the daitya-king, rides a lion into the fray; his arms and weapons fill the space; he strikes suddenly at the deva host—an explosive, central charge.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaD
DaityasL
Lion (siṃha)FAQs
Sheer force and spectacle can terrorize the field, yet Purāṇic narratives ultimately subordinate such might to divine justice and dharma.
Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s sacred region forms the backdrop; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.