Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

तस्मादजेयं जानीहि रणे रणविदां वर । एवमुक्तो महेंद्रोऽयं शंभुना योगिना भृशम्

Transliteration

tasmādajeyaṃ jānīhi raṇe raṇavidāṃ vara | evamukto maheṃdro'yaṃ śaṃbhunā yoginā bhṛśam

Translation

“Maka, wahai yang terbaik dalam ilmu peperangan, ketahuilah bahawa dia tidak dapat ditaklukkan di medan perang.” Demikianlah Mahendra (Indra) diteguhkan nasihatnya oleh Śambhu, sang yogin agung.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण हेत्वर्थक अव्यय (therefore)

• अजेयम्: unconquerable
• अजेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-समासपूर्वक विशेषण (not conquerable)

• जानीहि: know (you)
• जानीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• रणविदाम्: of those who know battle
• रणविदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (रणं वेत्ति इति रणविद्)

• वर: O best one
• वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महेंद्रः: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेंद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् इन्द्रः)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Apposition (अन्वय/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शंभुना: by Śambhu
• शंभुना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• योगिना: by the yogin
• योगिना: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक अव्यय (intensifier)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Mahendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu as the great yogin, composed and radiant, instructs Mahendra with firm clarity: the foe is ajeya (unconquerable) in battle; Indra receives the teaching with seriousness.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Vṛtra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory requires humility and right counsel; even Indra must heed Śiva’s guidance before confronting adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage moves toward the Narmadā-taṭa and the Oṃkāra-liṅga worship, though this verse itself is counsel-focused.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it is an instruction (upadeśa) about the enemy’s invincibility in battle.