Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

जातस्तदा महाबाहुस्त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः । तारकस्यानुगा दैत्या अजेया बलवत्तराः

Transliteration

jātastadā mahābāhustrailokyakṣayakārakaḥ | tārakasyānugā daityā ajeyā balavattarāḥ

Translation

तेव्हा एक महाबाहु उत्पन्न झाला, जो त्रैलोक्याच्या क्षयाचा कारणीभूत होता. तारकाचे अनुयायी दैत्य अजेय व अधिक बलवान झाले.

Word by Word

• जातः: was born/arose
• जातः: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'was born/arose'

• तदा: then
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः (descriptive): 'great-armed'

• त्रैलोक्य: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (as first member in compound); द्विगु-समासः: 'three worlds'

• क्षय: destruction
• क्षय: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), समासे पूर्वपद (as member)

• कारकः: maker/causer
• कारकः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारक (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासान्त-पद (agent noun)

• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: causing the destruction of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यक्षयकारकः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + क्षय + कारक (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रधान तत्पुरुष-समासः: 'causer of the destruction of the three worlds'

• तारकस्य: of Tāraka
• तारकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनुगाः: followers
• अनुगाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग (प्रातिपदिक; अनु + √गम् (धातु) + घञ्/अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दैत्या: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्या: अपादान/सम्बोधन? (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अजेयाः: unconquerable
• अजेयाः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• बलवत्तराः: stronger/very powerful
• बलवत्तराः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative): 'stronger/very strong'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A new, mighty-armed champion rises among Tāraka’s followers; the daitya host appears denser, more armored, more confident—an ominous swell of force.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Daityas
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked power that threatens the three worlds signals adharma’s crescendo—prompting divine intervention and the re-establishment of balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa framework is tied to Kedārakṣetra’s sacred geography; this verse is cosmological and martial rather than tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.