Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शक्रं च पृष्ठतः कृत्वा योधयामास वै तदा । वीरभद्रस्य विष्णोश्च युद्धं परमभूत्तदा

Transliteration

śakraṃ ca pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā yodhayāmāsa vai tadā | vīrabhadrasya viṣṇośca yuddhaṃ paramabhūttadā

Translation

Укрыв Шакру (Индру) за своей спиной, Вишну вступил в бой; и тогда сражение Вирабхадры и Вишну стало чрезвычайно яростным.

Word by Word

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पृष्ठतः: behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (from behind/behind)

• कृत्वा: having placed/made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having made/placed

• योधयामास: fought / engaged (in battle)
• योधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: caused to fight/fought)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Prayojaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/उपपादक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• वीरभद्रस्य: of Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: प्रथमा as subject of abhūt)

• परम्: great, intense
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (yuddham)

• अभूत्: arose / happened
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu places Indra behind him and directly engages Vīrabhadra; the duel becomes ‘parama’—supremely intense—suggesting world-shaking force.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vīrabhadra
• Indra (Śakra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection of others is dharma; the verse models guardianship and duty even amid overwhelming, divinely-charged conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s sacred narrative field (Kedārakhaṇḍa) provides the setting, reinforcing the tīrtha’s mythic grandeur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.