Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
अनंतरं शांतभयं तदस्त्रं दैत्यास्त्रयोगेन च कालदण्डम् । शांतं तदालोक्य हरिः स्वमस्त्रं कोपेन कालानलतुल्यमूर्तिः
Transliteration
anaṃtaraṃ śāṃtabhayaṃ tadastraṃ daityāstrayogena ca kāladaṇḍam | śāṃtaṃ tadālokya hariḥ svamastraṃ kopena kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ
Translation
अनन्तरं दैत्यास्त्रप्रयोगेण तदस्त्रं कालदण्डश्च शान्तिमगमत्। तद् दृष्ट्वा शान्तं हरिः कोपेन कालानलतुल्यमूर्तिः स्वमस्त्रं समाददे।
Word by Word
anantaramimmediately thereafter
anantaram:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘अनन्तरम्’ = ततः परम् (immediately thereafter)
śāntabhayamwith fear pacified / fear-quelled
śāntabhayam:
Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
TypeAdjective
Rootśānta + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: ‘शान्तं भयम्’ (fear that is pacified)
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
astramweapon, missile
astram:
Karma (Object) / or Karta (if taken as subject of śāntam)
TypeNoun
Rootastra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
daityāstrayogenaby the application of demon-weapons
daityāstrayogena:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya + astra + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘दैत्यानाम् अस्त्राणां योगः’ (application/combination of demon-weapons)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)
kāladaṇḍamthe rod of Kāla (Death)
kāladaṇḍam:
Karma (Object) (co-ordinate with astram)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘कालस्य दण्डः’ (rod of Time/Death)
śāntampacified, calmed
śāntam:
Viśeṣaṇa (of tat/astram/kāladaṇḍam)
TypeAdjective
Rootśānta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √śam उपशमे)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘शान्तम्’ = pacified
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object of ālokya)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
ālokyahaving seen
ālokya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (absolutive; prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā-√lok (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘आलोक्य’ = having seen/observed
hariḥHari (Viṣṇu)
hariḥ:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
svamhis own
svam:
Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्व-शब्द (reflexive adjective)
astramweapon, missile
astram:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootastra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
kopenawith anger / out of wrath
kopena:
Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootkopa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ(he) whose form was like the fire of Time
kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (apposition to hariḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla + anala + tulya + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘कालानलेन तुल्या मूर्तिः यस्य सः’ (whose form is like the fire of Time)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A battlefield moment of sudden stillness: a terrifying weapon and the Kāladaṇḍa are pacified; then Hari, blazing like pralaya-fire, prepares his own weapon.
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)K
KāladaṇḍaD
DaityasFAQs
Even when danger subsides, unresolved hostility can rekindle; divine wrath is portrayed as cosmic, urging humans toward self-restraint.
No site is named in this verse.
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