Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 182

Devanagari script

धूमकेतोर्ज्वलात्क्रुद्धस्तस्य च्छित्त्वा न्यपातयत् । दैत्यराजकिरीटयं च चिच्छेद वासवस्ततः

Transliteration

dhūmaketorjvalātkruddhastasya cchittvā nyapātayat | daityarājakirīṭayaṃ ca ciccheda vāsavastataḥ

Translation

Разгневавшись на пылающего Дхумакету, Васава (Индра) рассёк его и поверг наземь; затем он также расколол венец царя асуров.

Word by Word

• धूमकेतोः: of Dhūmaketu
• धूमकेतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूमकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of Dhūmaketu'

• ज्वलात्: from (him) blazing
• ज्वलात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → ज्वलत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव — 'from the blazing (one)'

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → क्रुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'angered'

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of him'

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• छित्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund) — 'having cut'

• नि: down, forth (preverb)
• नि: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb) — intensifies/marks downward motion with √पत्

• अपातयत्: he struck down / made fall
• अपातयत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'caused to fall/struck down'

• दैत्यराजकिरीटयम्: the demon-king’s crown
• दैत्यराजकिरीटयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य-राज-किरीट (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: दैत्य + राज + किरीट)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'the crown of the demon-king'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction) — 'and'

• चिच्छेद: cut off
• चिच्छेद: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'cut off'

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'Vāsava (Indra)'

• ततः: then, thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — 'then/thereupon; from that'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Vāsava), blazing with wrath, cleaves down the fiery Dhūmaketu and splits the demon-king’s jeweled crown; sparks and severed diadem fragments arc through the smoky battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūmaketu
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Daityarāja (demon-king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and tyranny (symbolized by the crown) are humbled when dharma asserts its rightful sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is indicated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.