Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तेषामतिबलो ह्येष त्वया विष्णो विनिर्जितः । तारकामयसंग्रामे वध्यस्तेसौ जनार्दन

Transliteration

teṣāmatibalo hyeṣa tvayā viṣṇo vinirjitaḥ | tārakāmayasaṃgrāme vadhyastesau janārdana

Translation

၎င်းတို့အနက် အလွန်အင်အားကြီးမားသော ဤသူကို အသင် ဝိဿနု အောင်နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီ။ တာရကာမယ စစ်ပွဲတွင် ၎င်းသည် အသင် ဇနာရ်ဒန ၏ လက်ချက်ဖြင့် သေဆုံးရန် ကံပါပြီးဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन, सर्वनाम

• अतिबलः: exceedingly strong
• अतिबलः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (एषः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• एषः: this one
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विनिर्जितः: was completely conquered
• विनिर्जितः: Kriya (Result/state; passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-जि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘विनिर्जित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तारकामय-संग्रामे: in the battle with Tārakāmaya
• तारकामय-संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक) + आमय (प्रातिपदिक) + संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (तारक-आमयस्य संग्रामः)

• वध्यः: to be slain/killable
• वध्यः: Kriya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/future passive participle) ‘वध्य’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śarva (Śiva) addressing Janārdana (Viṣṇu) (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker declares that the strongest among the foes has been conquered by Viṣṇu and is fated to be slain by him in the Tārakāmaya war; the scene carries prophetic gravity amid martial splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Janārdana
• Tārakāmaya (war)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fall of adharma is certain in time; divine victory unfolds according to cosmic order and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse refers to a mythic war episode (Tārakāmaya-saṃgrāma).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.