Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

हलाहलं च संजातं तदॄष्ट्वा नारदेन हि । ततो देवानुवाचेदं देवर्षिरमितद्युतिः

Transliteration

halāhalaṃ ca saṃjātaṃ tadṝṣṭvā nāradena hi | tato devānuvācedaṃ devarṣiramitadyutiḥ

Translation

ହଲାହଲ ବିଷ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ହୋଇଥିବା ଦେଖି ନାରଦ ତାହା ଅବଲୋକନ କଲେ; ତାପରେ ଅମିତ ଦ୍ୟୁତିମାନ ଦେବର୍ଷି ଦେବମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏହିପରି କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• हलाहलम्: Hālāhala (poison)
• हलाहलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हलाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (indeclinable conjunction)

• संजातम्: arisen/produced
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc, singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun; neuter, accusative, singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय (having seen)

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in instr./कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental, singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थे/क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: then/from that)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (masculine, accusative, plural)

• अनुवाच: addressed/spoke to
• अनुवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect; active; 3rd person singular)

• इदम्: this (speech)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun; neuter, accusative, singular)

• देवर्षिः: the divine sage
• देवर्षिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव+ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (देवानां ऋषिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• अमित: immeasurable
• अमित: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण-अङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग (masculine, nominative, singular; compound member)

• द्युतिः: splendour
• द्युतिः: Visheshya (Head noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular) — समासे उत्तरपद

• अमितद्युतिः: of immeasurable splendour
• अमितद्युतिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित+द्युति (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: कर्मधारय (अमिता द्युतिः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; Nārada becomes the in-scene speaker next

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dark, smoky Hālāhala rises from the churned ocean; Nārada, radiant and urgent, witnesses and turns to address the devas.

Characters & Entities

• Hālāhala
• Nārada
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When crisis manifests from collective actions, wise counsel directs beings toward divine refuge and right response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s broader Kedāra sacred setting; it is not a direct tīrtha-stuti line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the narrative prepares for the prescription of remembering/appealing to Śiva.