Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

शौरिर्यदुर्महातेजा वीर्यवान्सत्यविक्रमः । तेजोगर्भोऽसुररिपुः सुरमूर्तिः सुरोर्ज्जितः

Transliteration

śauriryadurmahātejā vīryavānsatyavikramaḥ | tejogarbho'suraripuḥ suramūrtiḥ surorjjitaḥ

Translation

သင်သည် ရှော်ရီနှင့် ယဒု—မျိုးရိုးမြတ်၍ သတ္တိရှိသူ—တေဇအလင်းကြီးမား၏; အင်အားပြည့်ဝ၍ အောင်မြင်မှုသည် မှန်ကန်မလျော့။ သင်သည် တေဇိုဂರ್ಭ—အလင်း၏ အမြစ်အမြှုပ်; အသူရတို့၏ ရန်သူ; ဒေဝတို့၏ ရုပ်သဏ္ဍာန်တော်; နှင့် ဒေဝီယ အင်အားဖြင့် အားပြည့်သူ ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• शौरिः: Śauri (epithet/name)
• शौरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यदुः: Yadu (name/epithet)
• यदुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• वीर्यवान्: possessing valor
• वीर्यवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• सत्यविक्रमः: whose prowess is true / of true valor
• सत्यविक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तेजोगर्भः: having splendor within; womb of radiance
• तेजोगर्भः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• असुररिपुः: enemy of the Asuras
• असुररिपुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुरमूर्तिः: one whose form is divine
• सुरमूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुरोर्ज्जितः: strengthened by the gods / divinely empowered
• सुरोर्ज्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ऊर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a hymn to youthful Skanda radiant with blazing aura, crowned with divine brilliance, standing as the asura-foe and embodiment of the gods’ power.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya
• Skanda
• Asuras
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is portrayed as truthful, disciplined valor that destroys adharma and protects the divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is stotra-style praise through names.