Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

लोमश उवाच । वल्गमानं तमायांतं तारका सुरमोजसा । आजघान च वज्रेण इंद्रो मतिमतां वरः

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | valgamānaṃ tamāyāṃtaṃ tārakā suramojasā | ājaghāna ca vajreṇa iṃdro matimatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

லோமசர் கூறினார்—தேவரின் வலிமைபோல் துள்ளி முன்னே வந்த தாரகனை, அறிவுடையோரில் சிறந்த இந்திரன் வஜ்ரத்தால் தாக்கினான்।

Word by Word

• lomaśaḥ: Lomaśa
• lomaśaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lomaśa (लोमश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• valgamānam: leaping/charging
• valgamānam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: valg (वल्ग् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āyāntam: coming, approaching
• āyāntam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + yā (या धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• tārakam: Tāraka
• tārakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (तारक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• sura-mojasā: with divine might
• sura-mojasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + mojas (सुर + ओजस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ओजस्); तृतीया; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुरस्य ओजसा = with divine strength)

• ājaghāna: struck
• ājaghāna: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + han (हन् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• vajreṇa: with the thunderbolt
• vajreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (वज्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• matimatām: of the wise
• matimatām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: matimat (मतिमत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन; गुणवाचक-प्रातिपदिक (the intelligent)

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lomaśa narrates as Indra, poised and resolute, hurls/strikes with the blazing vajra at the leaping Tāraka; lightning arcs across a darkened sky.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Tāraka
• Indra
• Vajra (thunderbolt)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discernment (mati) paired with righteous action is celebrated; even amid conflict, the text highlights measured intelligence as a divine virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s narrative setting connected to the Kedāra sacred region, but the verse itself is battle narration rather than tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.