Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

युद्धे पुनस्तारकं च वधिष्यति न संशयः । येनोपायेन भगवाञ्छंभुः सर्वगुहाशयः

Transliteration

yuddhe punastārakaṃ ca vadhiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | yenopāyena bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ sarvaguhāśayaḥ

Translation

Dalam peperangan, dia pasti akan membunuh Tāraka—tiada keraguan. Dengan apa jua cara untuk mendekati serta memuja Bhagavān Śambhu, yang bersemayam di ruang rahsia setiap hati…

Word by Word

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनः (again)

• tārakam: Tāraka
• tārakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• vadhiṣyati: will kill
• vadhiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vadh (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not / no
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रश्न (‘by which’)

• upāyena: by means / method
• upāyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भगवतः विशेष्य (apposition)

• sarva-guhā-śayaḥ: dwelling in all secret places
• sarva-guhā-śayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + guhā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी: ‘dwelling in all caves/secret places/heart-caves’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (śaṃbhuḥ)

Speaker

Aśarīrā-vāṇī (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (as Śambhu’s seat) implicitly; inner ‘guhā’ as spiritual tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic assurance: Skanda will slay Tāraka in battle; simultaneously, Śambhu is evoked as the hidden indweller of all hearts—suggesting a split imagery of cosmic war and meditative inner shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śivātmaja (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both transcendent and indwelling; victory over adharma is assured when aligned with the divine will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in the verse; it remains within Kedāra-kathā context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse hints at an ‘upāya’ (means) of approaching Śiva, but the specific practice is not stated in this line.