Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

अथाऽसौ महिषो रुष्टः सचिवैर्विंनिपातितैः । स्वसैन्यमानयामास तस्मिन्पर्वतरोधसि

Transliteration

athā'sau mahiṣo ruṣṭaḥ sacivairviṃnipātitaiḥ | svasainyamānayāmāsa tasminparvatarodhasi

Translation

सचिवांचा नाश झाल्याने महिष क्रुद्ध झाला. त्या पर्वताच्या अडथळ्या/दर्‍यात त्याने आपले सैन्य बोलावून आणले.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana (Discourse connector/प्रसङ्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक) = indeclinable; 'then/now'

• असौ: that (one); he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• महिषः: the buffalo (demon)
• महिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• रुष्टः: angry
• रुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् of 'महिषः'

• सचिवैः: by the ministers
• सचिवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• विनिपातितैः: (who were) knocked down; overthrown
• विनिपातितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु) + वि-उपसर्ग
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (plural); 'विनिपातित' = struck down/overthrown; विशेषणम् of 'सचिवैः' (i.e., by ministers who were overthrown)

• स्वसैन्यम्: his own army
• स्वसैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः: स्वं सैन्यम् (his own army)

• आनयामास: summoned; brought
• आनयामास: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + आ-उपसर्ग; (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः = caused to be brought / summoned

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (singular)

• पर्वतरोधसि: at the mountain pass/barrier
• पर्वतरोधसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + रोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: पर्वतस्य रोधसि (at the mountain-barrier/defile)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahiṣa, furious at the fall of his ministers, stands near a rocky mountain choke-point and signals for reinforcements; banners rise as an asura army gathers in the narrow pass.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger (krodha) escalates violence; Purāṇic stories warn that passion-driven reaction deepens downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse situates events in the Arbuda (mountain) milieu, but does not explicitly glorify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.