Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

विधृतस्त्वं च यैस्ते तु सरोगेयाभिधाः सुराः । त्रिकूटस्य शिला भिश्च चूर्णिता ये च कोटिशः

Transliteration

vidhṛtastvaṃ ca yaiste tu sarogeyābhidhāḥ surāḥ | trikūṭasya śilā bhiśca cūrṇitā ye ca koṭiśaḥ

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਤੈਨੂੰ ‘ਸਰੋਗੇਯ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਰੋਕ ਲਿਆ; ਤ੍ਰਿਕੂਟ ਪਰਬਤ ਦੀਆਂ ਅਣਗਿਣਤ ਸ਼ਿਲਾਵਾਂ ਵੀ ਕੋਟੀਆਂ ਵਾਰ ਚੂਰ-ਚੂਰ ਹੋ ਗਈਆਂ।

Word by Word

• विधृतः: held, supported
• विधृतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-धृ (धातु) → विधृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (past passive participle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• यैः: by whom/with which (ones)
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• सरोगेयाभिधाः: named ‘Sarogeya’
• सरोगेयाभिधाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरोगेय + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक); सरोगेय-नामक + अभिधा (नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; नामधेय-विशेषण (having the name ‘Sarogeya’)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्रिकूटस्य: of Trikūṭa
• त्रिकूटस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम); षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शिलाभिः: with stones/rocks
• शिलाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• चूर्णिताः: pulverized, crushed
• चूर्णिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चूर्णि (धातु/नामधातु) → चूर्णित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• कोटिशः: in crores, by the crore
• कोटिशः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverbial: in crores, by crores)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic mountain named Trikūṭa in the background; gods (Sarogeyas) restrain a powerful figure while innumerable stones are pulverized, dust rising like a storm over a cosmic battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Sarogeyāḥ (surāḥ)
• Trikūṭa
• Bhīma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred realms are protected by divine agencies; force alone cannot transgress ordained boundaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trikūṭa is mentioned as a geographic-mythic reference; the verse still does not specify a bathing-place or named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.