Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तत्तु रंध्रमवेक्ष्यैव योगमूर्तिस्तदाविशत् । जठरस्थं दितेर्गर्भं चक्रे वज्रेण सप्तधा

Transliteration

tattu raṃdhramavekṣyaiva yogamūrtistadāviśat | jaṭharasthaṃ ditergarbhaṃ cakre vajreṇa saptadhā

Translation

Увидев ту щель, Индра, приняв йогический облик, тотчас вошёл туда. Своей ваджрой он рассёк зародыш, пребывавший в чреве Дити, на семь частей.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here with tu as ‘that (hole)’

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• raṃdhram: opening, gap
• raṃdhram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃdhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• avekṣya: having observed
• avekṣya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from √īkṣ with उपसर्ग ava-; ‘having looked at/observed’

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• yoga-mūrtiḥ: the yogic-formed one (Indra in yogic form)
• yoga-mūrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘योगस्य मूर्तिः’ (the embodied form of yogic power)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• aviśat: entered
• aviśat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग ā- (āviśat)

• jaṭhara-stham: situated in the womb/belly
• jaṭhara-stham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘जठरे स्थितम्’ qualifying garbham

• diteḥ: of Diti
• diteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• garbham: embryo, fetus
• garbham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakre: made, split
• cakre: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• vajreṇa: with the thunderbolt
• vajreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• saptadhā: into seven parts
• saptadhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-प्रकारवाचक (in seven parts)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Diti
• Garbha (embryo)
• Vajra
• Yoga-mūrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic narratives often show how cosmic order is defended through extraordinary means, even when morally complex.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Puṣkara-linked vrata narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse describes a decisive mythic act using the vajra.