Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

किं करिष्यसि मां हंतुं युद्धाय समुपस्थितः । केन शस्त्रेण रे मंद योद्धुमिच्छसि संयुगे

Transliteration

kiṃ kariṣyasi māṃ haṃtuṃ yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ | kena śastreṇa re maṃda yoddhumicchasi saṃyuge

Translation

Bagaimanakah kamu akan membunuhku, sekarang setelah kamu tampil untuk bertempur? Dengan senjata apa, wahai si dungu, kamu ingin berlawan dalam pertarungan ini?

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• हन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• समुपस्थितः: having come/standing ready
• समुपस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• केन: by/with what
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक

• शस्त्रेण: with a weapon
• शस्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• रे: hey!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मन्द: dull-witted one
• मन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• योद्धुम्: to fight
• योद्धुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Namuci (Daitya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield tableau in the Himalayan Kedāra setting: a proud warrior (asura/foe) taunts Indra, demanding to know with what weapon he will fight; banners, armor, and stormy sky suggest impending clash.

Characters & Entities

• Namuci
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego questions dharma’s means, but divine order often works through unforeseen instruments beyond ordinary strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context connects the tale to Kedāra’s sacred region; this line itself does not name a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.