Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तावत्स राजा निशितैर्भल्लैर्व्याघ्रमताडयत् । न च तैर्विव्यथे किंचिद्गिरींद्र इव वृष्टिभिः

Transliteration

tāvatsa rājā niśitairbhallairvyāghramatāḍayat | na ca tairvivyathe kiṃcidgirīṃdra iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ ରାଜା ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ବାଣରେ ବାଘକୁ ଆଘାତ କଲେ; କିନ୍ତୁ ସେଥିରେ ସେ କିଛିମାତ୍ର ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା ପାଇଲା ନାହିଁ—ବର୍ଷାରେ ଅଚଳ ପର୍ବତଶିଖର ପରି।

Word by Word

• तावत्: then, meanwhile
• तावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/temporal adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भल्लैः)

• भल्लैः: arrows (barbed darts)
• भल्लैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• व्याघ्रम्: the tiger
• व्याघ्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अताडयत्: struck, beat
• अताडयत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle)

• तैः: by those (arrows)
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विव्यथे: was pained, was hurt
• विव्यथे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यथ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• किञ्चित्: at all, in the least
• किञ्चित्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाणवाचक/indefinite adverbial 'at all')

• गिरीन्द्रः: the lord of mountains (a great mountain)
• गिरीन्द्रः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गिरिणाम् इन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā (Comparison marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-निपात/comparative particle)

• वृष्टिभिः: by rains, showers
• वृष्टिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king releases a volley of sharp arrows into the tiger, yet the beast remains unshaken, visually contrasted with a rain-soaked mountain standing firm.

Characters & Entities

• king
• tiger (vyāghra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some threats cannot be overcome by ordinary means alone, urging deeper resolve, strategy, or divine reliance aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a heroic-narrative segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes combat action rather than ritual.