Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

तत्र व्यालसहस्राणि दैत्यकोट्ययुतं तथा । ददाह बाणां च गिरं भित्त्वा शक्तिर्महारवा

Transliteration

tatra vyālasahasrāṇi daityakoṭyayutaṃ tathā | dadāha bāṇāṃ ca giraṃ bhittvā śaktirmahāravā

Translation

तत्र महाशक्तिर्महारवा गिरिं भित्त्वा बाणान् दैत्यकोट्ययुतं च व्यालसहस्राणि ददाह, गिरिदुर्गस्थं बाणं तस्य च दुर्गं समूलं भस्मसात् अकरोत्।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• व्याल-सहस्राणि: thousands of serpents/beasts
• व्याल-सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — neuter nominative plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थे ‘व्यालानां सहस्राणि’

• दैत्य-कोटि-अयुतम्: ten-thousand crores of demons (a vast number)
• दैत्य-कोटि-अयुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — neuter singular; संख्यावाचक-समासः ‘दैत्यकोटीनाम् अयुतम्’

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ) — indeclinable adverb ‘likewise/also’

• ददाह: burned, consumed
• ददाह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्सभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect active

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — masculine accusative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction ‘and’

• गिरिम्: the mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• भित्त्वा: having split
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — absolutive/gerund ‘having split/pierced’

• शक्तिः: the spear/weapon (Śakti)
• शक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular

• महा-रवा: loud-roaring, with great sound
• महा-रवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; विशेषणम् शक्तेः

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Krauñca-parvata (Śakti-chidra / Krauñca-bheda)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed as ‘O Pārtha’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda’s roaring spear (Śakti) pierces Mount Krauñca, igniting the mountain-fortress; daityas and fierce beasts are consumed in a sweeping arc of flame and light.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti (spear)
• Mount Krauñca
• Bāṇa
• Daityas
• Vyālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power removes entrenched harm at its root—destroying not only the tyrant but the violent forces gathered around him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Krauñca is again foregrounded as a mythic-sacred place marked by Skanda’s act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.