Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

परस्परं व्यलीयंत हाहाकिंभाविवादिनः । तामवस्थां हरिर्दृष्ट्वा देवाञ्छक्रमुवाचह

Transliteration

parasparaṃ vyalīyaṃta hāhākiṃbhāvivādinaḥ | tāmavasthāṃ harirdṛṣṭvā devāñchakramuvācaha

Translation

Они отпрянули друг от друга, в смятении восклицая: «Увы! Что же будет?» Увидев это состояние, Хари обратился к богам и сказал Шакре (Индре).

Word by Word

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘mutually/each other’)

• व्यलीयन्त: they scattered/vanished
• व्यलीयन्त: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √ली (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; पाठभेदे ‘व्यलीयन्त’ (3rd person plural: ‘they dissolved/merged/vanished’)

• हाहाकिंभाविवादिनः: crying ‘alas!’ and ‘what will happen?’
• हाहाकिंभाविवादिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाहा (अव्यय-ध्वन्यनुकरण) + किंभावि (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘those who utter “hā hā” and “kiṃ bhaviṣyati?”’)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular; pronoun)

• अवस्थाम्: condition/state
• अवस्थाम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (Masculine, Nominative singular; Hari/Vishnu)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having seen’

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative plural)

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्य-निर्देश (Masculine, Accusative singular; Indra as addressee/among them)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पदपूरण/स्मरणार्थक (particle, often expletive/emphatic)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A chaotic battlefield moment: warriors recoil, hands raised, mouths open in ‘hāhā’. Hari stands composed, radiant, turning toward Indra and the devas, beginning a directive speech that steadies them.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Indra (Śakra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, divine guidance restores clarity; dharma advances through counsel and right recourse, not panic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly points toward mantra/astric recourse that follows, but no rite is stated in this verse itself.