Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

हतं देवेंद्रमालोक्य तारको रिपुसूदनः । वज्रघातेन महताऽताडयत्तु पुरंदरम्

Transliteration

hataṃ deveṃdramālokya tārako ripusūdanaḥ | vajraghātena mahatā'tāḍayattu puraṃdaram

Translation

ଦେବେନ୍ଦ୍ର ହତ ହୋଇଥିବାକୁ ଦେଖି, ରିପୁସୂଦନ ତାରକ ମହା ବଜ୍ରଘାତରେ ପୁରନ୍ଦର (ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର)କୁ ପୁନଃ ପ୍ରହାର କଲା।

Word by Word

• हतम्: slain/struck down
• हतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवेन्द्रम्: Indra, lord of gods
• देवेन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानाम् इन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having seen

• तारकः: Tāraka
• तारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• रिपुसूदनः: enemy-slayer
• रिपुसूदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रिपून् सूदयति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (epithet)

• वज्रघातेन: with a blow of the Vajra
• वज्रघातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र + घात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वज्रेण घातः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महतā: great/mighty
• महतā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular (agreeing with घातेन)

• अताडयत्: struck
• अताडयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-निपात — particle (but/indeed)

• पुरन्दरम्: Purandara (Indra)
• पुरन्दरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular (epithet of Indra)

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka, exultant, stands over the stricken Indra and smashes Purandara again with a massive vajra strike; the sky darkens, lightning forks, and devas recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Devendra (Indra)
• Purandara (Indra)
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misuse of sacred power symbolizes adharma’s distortion; purāṇic narrative stresses that divine weapons serve dharma, not cruelty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No direct tīrtha praise appears in this line; it remains within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.