Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
Devanagari script
पदातिरासाद्य रथं रक्षो वामकरेण च । केशेषु निरृतिं गृह्य जानुनाक्रम्य च स्थितः
Transliteration
padātirāsādya rathaṃ rakṣo vāmakareṇa ca | keśeṣu nirṛtiṃ gṛhya jānunākramya ca sthitaḥ
Translation
அப்போது ராட்சசன் கால்நடையாக ரதத்தருகே வந்து, இடக்கையால் நிர்ருதியை முடியில் பிடித்து, முழங்காலால் அழுத்தி அவன் மேல் நின்றான்.
Word by Word
पदातिःthe foot-soldier (warrior on foot)
पदातिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपदाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
आसाद्यhaving reached
आसाद्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-सद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having approached/reached'; उपसर्ग: आ-
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
रक्षःthe Rakṣasa (demon)
रक्षः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (collective/being: demon)
वामकरेणwith the left hand
वामकरेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवाम-कर (प्रातिपदिक; वाम + कर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
केशेषुby the hair / in the hair
केशेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
निरृतिम्Nirṛti (the goddess/person)
निरृतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
गृह्यhaving grasped
गृह्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having seized'
जानुनाwith the knee
जानुना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootजानु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
आक्रम्यhaving pressed/stepped on
आक्रम्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-क्रम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having stepped upon'; उपसर्ग: आ-
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
स्थितःstood
स्थितः:
Kriya (State/action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था + क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'stood/was positioned'
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A rākṣasa rushes the chariot on foot, grabs Nirṛti by the hair with the left hand, pins him down with a knee, towering over him in a brutal hold; chariot wheels and fallen weapons frame the struggle.
Characters & Entities
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NirṛtiR
RākṣasaFAQs
It portrays the harshness of adharma-driven aggression; Purāṇic narratives often show such violence to underline why divine order must be restored.
None; the verse is not a māhātmya of a place.
None.