Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तदप्रतर्क्यं नवहेतितुल्यं चक्रं पपात ग्रसनस्य कण्ठे । तद्रक्तधारा रुणघोरनाभि जगाम भूयोपि करं मुरारेः

Transliteration

tadapratarkyaṃ navahetitulyaṃ cakraṃ papāta grasanasya kaṇṭhe | tadraktadhārā ruṇaghoranābhi jagāma bhūyopi karaṃ murāreḥ

Translation

ఆ అప్రతర్క్యమైన, కొత్తగా పదును పెట్టిన ఆయుధంలాంటి చక్రం గ్రసనుని కంఠంపై పడింది. అతని రక్తధారలతో తడిసి, ఘోరనాభియైన సుదర్శనం మళ్లీ మురారి చేతికి చేరింది.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (of cakram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• apratarkyam: unthinkable, irresistible
• apratarkyam: Viśeṣaṇa (of cakram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + pratarkya (प्रातिपदिक; from prati-√tर्क ‘to reason/guess’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त/कृदन्त-भाव: ‘अप्रतर्क्यम्’ = not to be conjectured/irresistible

• navahetitul्यम: like a new weapon
• navahetitul्यम: Viśeṣaṇa (of cakram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava + heti + tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘नवहेतिना तुल्यम्’ (like a new missile/weapon)

• cakram: the discus
• cakram: Karta (Subject of papāta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• papāta: fell, struck down
• papāta: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• grasanasya: of Grasana (a demon)
• grasanasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• kaṇṭhe: in/on the neck
• kaṇṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (of raktadhārā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• raktadhārā: stream of blood
• raktadhārā: Karta (Subject of jagāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakta + dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘रक्तस्य धारा’

• ruṇaghoranābhi: with a dreadful hub
• ruṇaghoranābhi: Viśeṣaṇa (contextual, of cakra/raktadhārā’s cause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṇa + ghora + nābhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (as epithet of cakra implied): ‘रुणा घोरा नाभिः यस्य तत्’ (with a dreadful/whirring hub)

• jagāma: went, returned
• jagāma: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kāla/Prakāra (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्ति/adverb): again

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/particle: also/even)

• karam: hand
• karam: Karma (goal/object of motion: to the hand)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• murāreḥ: of Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• murāreḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of whom: Hari)
• Type: Noun
• Root: murāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘मुरस्य अरिः’ (enemy of Mura)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sudarśana, newly whetted and unfathomable, slices into Grasana’s throat; blood streams as the terrible-naved disc arcs back to Viṣṇu’s hand.

Characters & Entities

• Grasana
• Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• Sudarśana Cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power acts decisively to protect dharma; the Lord’s weapons symbolize unfailing moral order returning to their source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a martial narration within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it focuses on the battlefield act of the Sudarśana.